Table 2.

Regions where activation magnitudes showed correlations with three esthetic preference ratings for art and non-art images; x,y,z = Talairach coordinates; r_max = peak r value. See list for abbreviations.

Questionnaire:	How esthetically pleasing is this image?					How beautiful is this image?					How much do you like this image?
Image type	Region	x	y	z	rmax	Region	x	y	z	rmax	Region	x	y	z	rmax
Art	No correlated regions					R SMG	60	−33	34	.5	R aCiS	3	25	5	.51
						R LOC	34	−73	−4	.46	R LOC *†	37	−76	−5	.51
						R CoS	32	−50	−11	.54	R aFG	38	−38	−9	.58
						R FG†	34	−41	−15	.56	R mid FG	34	−48	−8	.58
											R pFG	39	−57	−6	.53
											R LG	24	−36	−6	.5
											L POF	−16	−55	9	.56
											L CoS	−27	−42	−5	.53
											L aFG	−37	−43	−17	.51
											L pFG	−36	−61	−9	.48
											L iMOG	−38	−80	−10	.57
											L amyg	−23	2	−16	.52
Non-art	R SPG	12	−54	59	.51	L MFG	−20	7	56	.51	L aCiS	0	29	34	.53
	L MFG†	−21	7	55	.54						R sMOG	41	−78	22	.48
	L aIPS	−18	−50	62	.48						L MFG†	−19	8	56	.55
	L pCiS	−9	−50	55	.47						L SFG	−16	59	35	.57
	L SPG	−8	−73	48	.55
	L vIPS	−29	−80	37	.54
	L SFG†	−16	58	37	.56

^*3 voxels in this region overlapped with the region common to subject- and item-wise analyses (Table 1).

^†These regions were excluded from the effective connectivity analysis as they were duplicated in other ROI sets.