Table 2.

Brain regions where multivoxel patterns reliably discriminate between task categories

Anatomical location	Peak coordinates TLRC			Peak Z	Cluster P	Volume, mm3
	X	Y	Z
Searchlight decoding: taste perception task
L inferior frontal/postcentral gyrus/insular cortex	51	−9	16.6	12.6	<0.001	10,064
R anterior and mid insula/postcentral gyrus	−33	−9	9.4	13.6	<0.001	9,215
R cerebellum/pons/parahippocampal gyrus/L fusiform gyrus	−7.8	41.4	−20.6	9.1	<0.001	6,304
R medial thalamus	−9	16.2	−1.4	9.5	<0.02	1,472
R hippocampus/parahippocampal gyrus/amygdala/cerebellum	−29.4	24.6	−11	10.5	<0.03	1,346
R lateral OFC (BA47)	−42.6	−41.4	−8.6	11.9	<0.03	1,120
R superior temporal sulcus	−43.8	6.6	−15.8	9.5	<0.03	921
L middle frontal gyrus	35.4	−43.8	15.4	9.9	<0.03	871
L middle temporal gyrus	42.6	6.6	−20.6	9.4	<0.03	840
R piriform cortex	−40.2	−1.8	−21.8	9.6	<0.03	835
R middle frontal gyrus	−43.8	−37.8	15.4	10.8	<0.05	634
R cerebellum	−17.4	55.8	−18.2	9.5	<0.05	591
Searchlight decoding: food pictures task
Bilateral visual/ventral temporal cortex	24.6	52.2	−12.2	27.2	<0.001	128,259
L mid-insula	37.8	9	11.8	12.5	<0.001	2,053
L postcentral gyrus	55.8	25.8	27.4	13.2	<0.001	1,954
L OFC (BA11m)	24.6	−30.6	−8.6	15.2	<0.01	1,555
R OFC (BA11m)	−25.8	−31.8	−9.8	14.8	<0.01	1,453
R mid-insula/ventral anterior insula	−37.8	5.4	7	11.9	<0.01	1,203
R postcentral gyrus	−57	18.6	22.6	12.4	<0.01	1,092
R inferior frontal gyrus	−42.6	−28.2	16.6	11.9	<0.01	869
L inferior frontal gyrus	41.4	−27	19	12.3	<0.02	674
L ventral anterior insula	36.6	−7.8	−2.6	9.8	<0.04	411
L amygdala	19.8	4.2	−13.4	9	<0.05	335
Conjunction: food pictures and taste decoding
L fusiform gyrus/parahippocampal gyrus	−37	−46	−24	3	—	1,448
R parahippocampal gyrus	21	−31	−18	3	—	817
L postcentral gyrus	−57	−15	14	3	—	508
L dorsal mid-insula	−36	−3	3	3	—	499
R dorsal mid-insula	40	−7	−0	3	—	219
R fusiform gyrus	28	−52	−22	3	—	195
R fusiform gyrus	34	−40	−24	3	—	161
R postcentral gyrus	58	−14	20	3	—	133