Table 3.

Results from the general linear model analysis.

L/R brain region	Z-score	Coordinates (x, y, z)	Cluster size
HIGH VS. LOW INTENSE PLAYS
Frontal cortex
R inferior frontal PFC (BA 46)	3.49	45, 38, 4	21
Anterior and superior medial PFC (BA 8/9)	3.43	0, 41, 49	73
L inferior PFC (BA 47/45)	3.36	−49, 26, 0	13
Posterior regions
L parahippocampal gyrus/lingual gyrus (BA 18)	4.29	−15, −53, 4	167
R parahippocampal gyrus/lingual gyrus (BA 19)	3.91	19, −56, −4	181
L temporo-parietal junction (BA 39/40)	3.79	−49, −68, 41	145
Temporal lobes
L inferior temporal gyrus (BA 20)	3.12	−60, −34, −15	5
R hippocampus/amygdala*	2.79	34, −8, −15	4
POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE PLAYS
R middle frontal gyrus (BA 9)	3.31	34, 30, 30	21
L middle frontal gyrus (BA 6)	3.27	−34, 0, 53	5
L superior temporal gyrus/inferior frontal gyrus/insula (BA 38/47/13)	3.18	−45, 11, −8	27
R precuneus (BA 7)	3.08	8, −34, 45	5
NEGATIVE VS. POSITIVE PLAYS
R thalamus	3.31	19, −23, 0	6
L striatum (caudate)	3.25	−23, −34, 11	38
R postcentral gyrus/parietal lobe (BA 5)	3.17	26, −45, 68	6
L posterior insula (BA 13)	3.13	−34, −26, 19	5
R postcentral and precentral gyri (BA 3/6)	3.10	49, −15, 53	30
VALENCE (POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE) BY INTENSITY INTERACTION
R striatum (caudate)	3.49	4, 15, 4	21
R amygdala	3.19	15, −4, −19	14
L inferior frontal gyrus (BA 47)	3.14	−34, 19, −19	16

Main effects of arousal, valence, and their interaction are indicated. Coordinates are in Montreal Neurologic Institute stereotaxic space.

BA, Brodmann area; L, left hemisphere; PFC, prefrontal cortex; R, right hemisphere.

*p < 0.005.