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. 2014 Mar 11;10(1):10–18. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsu016

Table 1.

Brain regions associated with emotion generation (look negative > look neutral)

MNI coordinates
Region Side Extent t x y z
Midbrain Medial 949 5.61 0 −26 −7
    Anterior insula Right LM 5.19 39 25 −7
    Dorsal amygdala Right LM 5.18 24 −5 −10
    Caudate Right LM 3.18 15 19 5
    Globus pallidus Right LM 3.57 9 −2 −10
    Globus pallidus Right LM 3.30 24 −11 2
    Globus pallidus Right LM 3.60 15 −2 8
    Globus pallidus Right LM 4.14 30 −17 −7
    Putamen Right LM 4.18 27 7 −1
    Hippocampus Right LM 3.83 30 −29 −1
    Temporal pole Right LM 4.08 39 22 −40
    Superior temporal gyrus Right LM 3.79 48 19 −25
Middle occipital gyrus Right 1518 9.73 54 −65 8
    Middle occipital gyrus Right LM 9.47 51 −77 8
    Fusiform gyrus Right LM 6.46 42 −47 −22
Middle occipital gyrus Left 1446 9.01 −42 −80 2
    Middle occipital gyrus Left LM 6.99 −45 −65 8
    Fusiform gyrus Left LM 5.83 −39 −65 −7
    Cerebellum Left LM 4.44 −36 −71 −22
    Inferior occipital gyrus Left LM 3.48 −24 −98 −16
Posterior insula Left 862 −5.72 −39 −41 23
    Posterior insula Left LM −5.71 −45 −29 5
    Posterior insula Left LM −4.43 −36 −14 17
    Superior temporal gyrus Left LM −4.63 −63 −17 −1
    Superior temporal gyrus Left LM −5.06 −51 −20 5
    Middle temporal gyrus Left LM −3.73 −66 −26 −7
Superior temporal gyrus Right 801 −5.99 57 −26 8
    Superior temporal gyrus Right LM −5.61 60 −2 2
    Superior temporal gyrus Right LM −5.31 69 −17 2
    Inferior temporal gyrus Right LM −4.00 72 −26 −19
    Posterior insula Right LM −3.40 42 −26 20
    Posterior insula Right LM −4.86 42 −14 5
    Posterior insula Right LM −4.86 42 −14 5

LM, local maxima. t-values are given for peak voxels in each cluster. Negative t-values indicate brain regions that responded more strongly to neutral stimuli than negative stimuli.