Table 2.

Neural correlates of emotional appraisals, utilitarian appraisals, and overall moral judgments^a

Region	BA	Volume	Z	x	y	z
Correlation with emotional appraisals
Right Anterior cingulate cortex	24/32	124	4.42	6	35	16
Right Superior temporal gyrus	22	70	3.85	48	−10	−5
Right Parahippocampal gyrus	36	54	4.04	24	−34	−14
Right Mid-insula	13	48	3.77*	36	−19	10
Left Occipital cortex	18	47	4.04*	−21	−85	13
Left Superior temporal gyrus	22	46	3.89*	−54	−13	−2
Correlation with utilitarian appraisals
Left Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex	8	200	4.27	−6	17	58
Left Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex	45/47	110	4.46	−48	26	−5
Right Temporoparietal junction	40	30	3.76**	48	−55	25
Emotional appraisals (positive) > utilitarian appraisals (negative)
Left Ventral striatum		273†	6.04	−9	22	−9
Right Anterior cingulate cortex	24		3.92	3	35	7
Utilitarian appraisals (negative) > emotional appraisals (positive)
Right Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex	8	112	4.76	9	35	52
Left Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex	45/47	90	4.11	−39	26	−8
Correlation with overall moral value (full period)
No regions significant
Correlation with overall moral value (first 2 s)
No regions significant
Correlation with overall moral value (last 2 s)
Right Ventromedial prefrontal cortex	10	17	4.11††	0	53	−2

^aRegions are reported at p < 0.05, whole-brain corrected, unless otherwise noted.

*p < 0.08, whole-brain corrected, reported for completeness.

**p < 0.05, small-volume corrected within a bilateral anatomical mask of the temporoparietal area.

†Part of larger cluster, reported for completeness.

††p < 0.05, small-volume corrected within a bilateral anatomical mask of vmPFC.