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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2009 Apr 14;47(10):2125–2132. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.04.002

Table 1.

Description of the subregions.

Regions of interest AAL structures MNI coordinates
vmPFC Superior frontal gyrus, orbital 0 ≤ x ≤ 20 (Right)
Middle frontal gyrus, orbital −20 ≤ x < 0 (Left)
Inferior frontal gyrus, orbital z ≤ 1
Superior frontal gyrus, medial
Anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyri
Olfactory cortex
Gyrus rectus
vlPFC Superior frontal gyrus, orbital x > 20 (Right)
Middle frontal gyrus, orbital x < −20 (Left)
Inferior frontal gyrus, orbital z ≤ 1
Olfactory cortex
dmPFC Superior frontal gyrus, medial 0 ≤ x ≤ 10 (Right)
Anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyri −10 ≤ x < 0 (Left)
Median cingulate and paracingulate gyri z > 1
dlPFC Superior frontal gyrus, dorsolateral x > 10 (Right)
Middle frontal gyrus, lateral x < −10 (Left)
Inferior frontal gyrus, triangular part z > 1
sup aTL Superior temporal gyrus y ≥ −10
Temporal pole: superior temporal gyrus
middle/inf aTL Middle temporal gyrus y ≥ −10
Inferior temporal gyrus
Temporal pole: middle temporal gyrus
inf pTL Inferior temporal gyrus y < −10
medial TL Hippocampus
Parahippocampal gyrus
amygdala Amygdala
TPJ-pSTS Inferior parietal y < −10
Supramarginal gyrus
Angular gyrus
Superior temporal gyrus Middle temporal gyrus

We defined our regions of interest in terms of structures from the automated anatomical labeling (AAL) atlas and MNI coordinates. Abbreviations: vmPFC, ventro-medial prefrontal cortex; vlPFC, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex; dmPFC, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; dlPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; sup aTL, superior anterior temporal lobe; middle/inf aTL, middle/inferior anterior temporal lobe; inf pTL, inferior posterior temporal lobe; medial TL, medial temporal lobe; and TPJ-pSTS, temporo-parietal junction/posterior superior temporal sulcus.