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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2014 Dec 29;112:244–253. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.056

Table 4.

Brain areas activated more by (a) vicarious reward than personal reward and (b) personal reward than vicarious reward in ALE contrast analyses

Region Size L/R x y z
Vicarious Reward > Personal Reward
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex 536 L −12 61 26
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex L −14 56 26
Middle temporal gyrus 672 L −58 −20 −4
Posterior superior temporal sulcus L −60 −27 −1
Angular gyrus 128 L −30 −60 40
Cerebellum 1832 L −28 −90 −16
Cerebellum L −33 −89 −17
Cerebellum L −22 −90 −18
Fusiform gyrus L −24 −92 −11
Fusiform gyrus L −40 −84 −12
Fusiform gyrus L −30 −94 −12
Superior occipital gyrus 1096 R 32 −64 40
Middle occipital gyrus R 32 −70 36
Middle occipital gyrus 256 R 39 −87 11
Middle occipital gyrus R 34 −90 12
Personal Reward > Vicarious Reward
Nucleus accumbens 2712 R 15 17 −5
Nucleus accumbens R 12 16 −14
Caudate R 12 24 6
Caudate R 16 19 8
Thalamus 7568 L −6 −10 11
Thalamus R 8 −10 12
Thalamus R 14 −6 14
Nucleus accumbens L −9 5 1
Nucleus accumbens L −14 13 −7
Caudate L −6 10 18
Inferior frontal gyrus 264 R 38 24 −10

Notes. The input maps for the contrast analyses are described above for the single-study ALE meta-analyses and used a cluster-level threshold of p < 0.05 and a cluster-forming threshold of p < 0.01. In order to correct for multiple comparisons in the statistical difference map, we additionally used a conservative, whole-brain FDR correction of p < 0.01 (pID) and cluster extent of 128 mm3. Peaks are listed first for each cluster with subpeaks listed in subsequent rows.