Figure 4.

Illustration of parametric neural modulation and seeing a candidate for the worse. A, D, G, J, Depict voxels showing a parametric relation to experimentally manipulated competency-related information (light blue), changes in subjective competence evaluations (dark blue), or both effects (purple). B, E, H, K, Average percentage signal change is plotted in relation to experimentally manipulated levels of competence (averaged across light blue and purple voxels). C, F, I, L, Average percentage signal change is plotted in relation to how much participants had an unfavorable change of heart in their final evaluations of a candidate (averaged across dark blue and purple voxels). Negative values on the horizontal axis indicate that the final evaluation of the candidate's competence was lower than the initial evaluation.