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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Emot. 2011 Apr;25(3):490–505. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2010.527494

Table 1.

Brain regions showing increased activity while rating attractive compared to unattractive alternatives under no time pressure

Region Laterality x y z t Voxels
Ventral striatum (accumbens) L −10 8 −4 4.35 29
Ventral striatum (caudate) L −22 8 16 5.67 42
R 6 12 2 3.38 11
Frontal pole L −18 58 −6 3.65 37
L −28 58 −10 5.65 53
R 10 56 40 4.22 29
R 12 56 22 3.99 55
Medial frontal cortex L −6 50 −18 4.59 58
R 2 58 −14 4.26 40
Frontal orbital cortex R 40 30 −14 3.26 21
Anterior cingulate gyrus R 10 44 20 4.01 36
L −10 28 32 4.58 72
Superior frontal gyrus R 24 34 58 4.27 58
Middle frontal gyrus R 36 28 52 4.12 66
Putamen L −24 20 −2 5.39 62
Insular cortex L −28 18 −8 4.3 71
Temporal pole R 29 8 −16 4.77 43
Middle temporal gyrus L −50 −36 −10 3.95 67
Supramarginal gyrus R 56 −38 14 5.16 59
Lingual gyrus L −14 −56 0 4.36 67
L −2 −70 4 4.56 78
R 16 −62 0 3.67 24
R 4 −64 0 3.76 39
Precuneus L −24 −62 2 6.51 61
Lateral occipital cortex L −20 −92 0 5.87 71