Figure 5.

Illustration of quadratic amygdala modulation for evaluation change. Activation in left and right amygdala increases to the degree that evaluations change in either direction (for the better or for the worse). A, C, Average percentage signal change is plotted in relation to how much final evaluations rose or fell from the initial evaluation. Negative values indicate that the final evaluation of the candidate's competence was lower than the initial evaluation; positive values indicate the extent to which final evaluations of competence were higher than the initial evaluation. B, Amygdala voxels showing a quadratic relation to changes in subjective competence evaluations.