Table 2.
Functional Groupings Identified by Kober et al., 2008
| Grouping | Key brain areas | Psychological ingredient |
|---|---|---|
| Core limbic | Amygdala/left hippocampus, thalamus extending into the periaqueductal gray, ventral striatum, and lateral hypothalamus | Core affect |
| Lateral paralimbic | Ventral striatum, ventral-posterior insula, dorsal-anterior insula, ventral interior insula/posterior orbital gyrus, and temporal pole | Core affect |
| Medial posterior | Posterior cingulated cortex/primary visual cortex (occipital lobe) | Conceptualizing/visual processing |
| Medial prefrontal cortex group | Dorsal and pregenual subsection of the anterior cingulate cortex, dorsal medial prefrontal cortex | Conceptualizing |
| Cognitive/motor | Frontal operculum, bilateral inferior frontal gyrus, and the presensory motor area/left middle frontal gyrus | Executive attention/language/motor |
| Lateral occipital/visual association | Right and left lateral occipital gyrus, right occipital/temporal cortex, cerebellum | Visual processing |