Figure 3.

Brain responses to self-controlled compared with externally controlled pain. The dACC [coordinates of (−3,15,48)], DLPFC [coordinates of (33,33,39)], and alPFC [coordinates of (48, 51, 12); also left coordinates, not shown] showed significantly greater activity when participants were able to stop the painful stimulation compared with the condition in which pain was uncontrollable (p < 0.001 uncorrected). For display purposes, the results are superimposed on the mean structural scan of the 12 participants.