Table 2.

Peak BOLD activations for key comparisons

Contrast	Anatomical region	Brodmann’s area	MNI coordinates			Talairach coordinates			t value
			x	y	z	x	y	z
HiE_HiT versus baseline (Fig. 1)	Left transverse temporal gyrus/insula	BA 41/BA 13	−40	−26	14	−40	−25	14	4.69
	Right superior temporal gyrus	BA 38	44	14	−14	44	13	−12	6.52
	Left medial frontal gyrus	BA 8	−2	36	44	−2	37	39	5.74
	Left superior frontal gyrus	BA 10	−22	62	16	−22	61	12	5.11
	Right insula	BA 13	40	−14	18	40	−13	17	5.48
	Left inferior frontal gyrus	BA 9	−44	8	32	−44	9	29	5.48
	Right nucleus cuneiformis	N/A	8	−28	−22	8	−28	−17	4.05
	Left middle frontal gyrus	BA 6	−30	−10	50	−30	−7	46	4.01
	Left cerebellum	N/A	−32	−60	−38	−32	−60	−29	5.31
	Left cingulate gyrus	BA 24	−2	12	36	−2	13	32	4.82
	Left caudate	N/A	−8	4	4	−8	4	3	4.74
	Left thalamus	N/A	−6	−22	16	−6	−21	16	5.07
HiE_HiT versus LoE_HiT (Fig. 2)	Left cingulate gyrus	BA 24	−4	−6	42	−4	−4	39	5.49
	Left medial frontal gyrus	BA 8	−2	32	46	−2	33	41	5.24
	Right cerebellum	N/A	12	−62	−18	12	−61	−12	5.91
	Right nucleus cuneiformis	N/A	10	−28	−18	10	−28	−14	4.45
HiE_HiT versus HiE_LoT (Fig. 3)	Insula/transverse temporal gyrus	BA 13 / 41	−38	−28	14	−38	−26	14	3.94
	Right thalamus	N/A	10	−18	12	10	−17	12	4.33
	Superior temporal gyrus	BA 22	54	4	2	53	4	2	3.91

HiE_HiT, High expectation and high temperature; HiE_LoT, high expectation and low temperature; LoE_HiT, low expectation and high temperature; N/A, not applicable; BA, Brodmann’s area.