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 | ||
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x | y | z | |
Morality ∩ (theory of mind–empathy) | |||
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 ∩ (empathy–theory 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 |