Fig. 1.

Neural correlates of admiration for virtue (A) and skill (B) and compassion for social (C) and physical (D) pain. fMRI data are from 13 subjects, displayed on the brain of 1 subject. Each image shows a target emotion contrasted with control. The position of each transverse slice is marked on the parasagittal images; Talairach coordinates of each slice and of the parasagittal view are annotated. Images are thresholded by using the false discovery rate statistic, q(FDR) < 0.05. The bar to the right of each image provides a color code for t statistics of the respective contrast. Note the bilateral activation in the insula (in), anterior cingulate (ac), and dorsal posterior cingulate (pc) for all emotions. Note the activation in the posteroinferior posteromedial cortices (pm) in AV (A) and CSP (C) compared with anterosuperior sector in AS (B) and CPP (D). Note brainstem and hypothalamus (ht) in A and C.