Fig. 3.

Brain activation during PSE [i.e. self-ascribed positive (S⁺) and rejected negative traits (S⁻)] vs lexical processing of positive (L⁺) and negative (L⁻) personality traits: activation in the mPFC, including the supplementary motor area (SMA), the posterior cingulate gyrus, left inferior orbitofrontal gyrus and the right middle temporal pole. Parameter estimates for the encoding condition are presented [POE of an intimate other person, i.e. positive traits ascribed to the intimate other (O⁺) or rejected negative traits (O⁻)].