TABLE 1.
Brain activation regions | Functional association |
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Bilateral inferior temporal cortex (right > left) | Visual association area |
Right insula | Processes somatosensory information with motivational states |
Right inferior frontal cortex | Processes sensory information |
Left anterior cingulate cortex | Controls autonomic and neuroendocrine function |
Right occipital gyrus | Visual processing |
Right hypothalamus | Male copulatory behavior |
Left caudate (the striatum) | Attentional processing and guide responsiveness to new environmental stimuli |