Table 4.

Regional Differences between the American Sample and the Korean Sample for Persuasive Relative to Unpersuasive Arguments

(Hi > Lo Persuasive)	Brodmann’s Area	Laterality	x	y	z	t	Vox
American > Korean
Amygdala		L	−13	0	−20	3.77	47
Middle temporal gyrus	22	R	56	−64	14	4.28	146
Medial temporal lobe	36/37	R	22	−38	−14	4.25	43
Medial temporal lobe	37	L	−34	−42	−14	3.93	36
Posterior cingulate	5/31	R	14	−34	62	4.45	119
Precentral gyrus	44	L	−48	0	20	3.94	11
Precentral gyrus	6	R	14	−14	74	3.74	25
Precentral gyrus	4	L	−6	−40	66	4.41	44
Postcentral gyrus	40	L	−54	−40	56	3.86	15
Postcentral gyrus	43	L	−66	−18	20	3.66	5
Supramarginal gyrus	40	L	−56	−28	26	3.67	6
pSTS	39/22	R	44	−56	16	4.54	141
SubgenACC	25	R	8	22	−12	3.88	16
Superior frontal gyrus	8	R	24	28	46	3.53	656
Superior occipital gyrus	39	L	−48	−80	24	4.03	85
striatum			4	14	−4	4.10	41
Korean > American
Middle occipital gyrus	18	L	−28	−88	−4	3.88	61
Inferior occipital gyrus	18	R	40	−90	−12	4.29	68
Middle occipital gyrus	18	R	30	−92	8	3.83	52
IOC	18	L	−28	−90	10	4.08	67

It should be noted that these are relative activations across groups, and thus, may reflect the difference between two within-group deactivations (thresholded at p < .001, uncorrected, 5-voxel extent).

pSTS = posterior superior temporal sulcus; SubgenACC = subgenual anterior cingulate cortex.