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. 2014 Jun 28;10(4):589–597. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsu090

Table 1.

Neural correlates of belief updating

Contrast Region Montreal Neurological Institute centroid

x y z Number of voxel Z value
General effects of belief updating (independent of social and private information) Superior temporal gyrus/inferior parietal cortex 63 −49 19 221 4.83
Precuneus/posterior cingulate 3 −61 34 222 4.79
Superior/middle frontal gyrus (DLPFC) −15 29 52 104 4.77
Superior temporal gyrus/inferior parietal cortex −42 −61 28 229 4.54
Superior/middle frontal gyrus 21 26 46 59 3.99
Superior/medial frontal gyrus −18 53 19 35 3.87

Belief updating by social information Middle temporal gyrus −42 −58 22 28 3.79

Belief updating by private information Superior/middle frontal gyrus (DLPFC)/DMPFC 48 32 19 1807 5.84
Precuneus/posterior cingulate 6 −58 40 309 5.69
Inferior frontal gyrus/anterior insula 48 41 −14 205 5.36
Inferior parietal lobe 33 −64 40 524 4.83
Inferior Parietal Lobe −48 −64 43 372 4.52
Middle occipital gyrus 27 −88 −5 145 4.45
Middle temporal gyrus 42 −52 −11 161 4.41
Cerebellum −33 −73 −38 298 4.24
Inferior frontal gyrus/anterior insula −33 20 −2 108 4.17
Middle/inferior frontal gyrus −39 41 −8 49 4.13
Middle occipital gyrus −36 −64 −11 120 4.07
Parahippocampal gyrus 21 −28 −11 20 3.95
Dorsal striatum 12 14 7 20 3.85

Note: P < 0.001, uncorrected with a minimum cluster size of 20 voxels.