Table 1. Summary of the activation clusters in the whole-brain contrasts.
Local Maxima | Cluster | Peak | cluster-level | |
Area | MNI Coordinates | size | T | p(FWE-cor) |
Big Reward >Small Reward | ||||
Posterior Cingulate Cortex | 18 −40 34 | 3574 | 5.54 | 0.000 |
Thalamus | 0 −18 18 | 4.31 | ||
Inferior Parietal Cortex | −38 −28 30 | 598 | 4.33 | 0.001 |
Left Striatum | −10 14 2 | 290 | 3.78 | 0.026 |
Precuneus | 6 −52 62 | 4.54 | ||
Superior Frontal Gyrus | 24 42 16 | 786 | 4.19 | 0.000 |
Right Striatum | 22 28 2 | 4.12 | ||
Anterior Cingulate Cortex | 20 20 34 | 4.04 | ||
High Effort>Low Effort (*) | ||||
Left Striatum | −8 6 2 | 6574 | 6.43 | 0.000 |
Brainstem | −2 −28 −20 | 5.94 | ||
Right Striatum | 10 10 −2 | 5.86 | ||
Right primary motor cortex | 40 −2 40 | 5.77 | ||
Anterior Cingulate Cortex | 8 12 46 | 5.35 | ||
Superior Frontal Gyrus | 20 8 62 | 5.29 | ||
Right Precuneus | 18 −68 38 | 1631 | 5.81 | 0.000 |
Inferior Parietal lobule | 32 −50 46 | 5.09 | ||
Left Precuneus | −8 −72 38 | 543 | 5.57 | 0.000 |
Premotor cortex | −24 6 60 | 478 | 5.28 | 0.000 |
Left primary motor cortex | −38 6 36 | 358 | 5.19 | 0.000 |
Short Delay>Long Delay | ||||
Orbitofrontal Cortex | −22 44 −8 | 243 | 4.75 | 0.047 |
Effort-selective contrast (SVC) | ||||
Brainstem | −4 −32 −10 | 129 | 4.00 | 0.010 |
(*) voxel-level threshold p = 0.0001 uncorrected.
Legend: p(FWE)-cor = cluster-level family-wise error corrected p-values. SVC = small volume corrected. For regions including multiple local maxima, the highest local maximum is reported.