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. 2012 Jan 24;217(4):783–796. doi: 10.1007/s00429-012-0380-y

Table 2.

Conjunction analyses that test for topographical convergence between the individual ALE meta-analyses of moral cognition, theory of mind, and empathy

Macroanatomical location MNI coordinates
x y z
Morality ∩ (theory of mindempathy)
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex 2 54 −12
Frontopolar cortex 4 60 10
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex 0 54 30
Right temporo-parietal junction (PGa) 62 −54 14
Left temporo-parietal junction (PGa, PGp) −50 −58 22
Right middle temporal gyrus 54 −16 −16
Right temporal pole 54 2 −24
Morality ∩ (empathytheory of mind)
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex −4 50 20
Morality ∩ theory of mind ∩ empathy
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex −5 54 34
Right temporo-parietal junction (PGp) 52 −58 20
Left temporo-parietal junction (PGa) −54 −58 22
Right middle temporal gyrus 54 −8 −16

All peaks are assigned to the most probable brain areas as revealed by the SPM Anatomy Toolbox (Eickhoff et al. 2007; Caspers et al. 2006; Eickhoff et al. 2005)