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. 2021 Jul 9;16(11):1191–1203. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsab074

Table 1.

Anatomical parcels by lobe according to the Destrieux Atlas (ID, see Figure 1), with associated functional regions and neural networks involved in empathy, (cognitive) control and reward processing

ID Anatomical parcel Functional regions (networks) Empathy (Cognitive) control Reward processing
Frontal lobe
1 Frontomarginal gyrus and sulcus VMPFC; OFC (DMN; ToM) Moll et al. (2002); Lewis et al. (2011) Koechlin and Hyafil (2007) Hare et al. (2009); Levy and Glimcher (2012)
2 Paracentral gyrus and sulcus SMA Fan et al. (2011)
3 Subcentral gyrus and sulcus SMA Adolphs et al. (2000); Molenberghs et al. (2012)
4 Transverse frontopolar gyri VMPFC; OFC (CNN, DMN; ToM) Shamay-Tsoory et al. (2009); Lewis et al. (2011) Koechlin and Hyafil (2007); Boorman et al. (2009) Hare et al. (2009); Levy and Glimcher (2012)
5 Anterior cingulate gyrus and sulcus ToM Van Overwalle and Baetens (2009); Schurz et al. (2014) Botvinick et al. (2001); Kerns et al. (2004) Kennerley et al. (2006)
6 Mid anterior cingulate gyrus and sulcus ToM Lamm et al. (2011) Shackman et al. (2011) Kennerley et al. (2006)
7 Pars opercularis IFG (ToM) Schurz et al. (2014) Derrfuss et al. (2005)
8 Pars orbitalis IFG (ToM) Schurz et al. (2014) Derrfuss et al. (2005)
9 Pars triangularis IFG (ToM) Schurz et al. (2014) Derrfuss et al. (2005)
10 Middle frontal gyrus DLPFC (CCN) Buchsbaum et al. (2005); Hare et al. (2009)
11 Superior frontal gyrus SMA Farrow et al. (2001); Fan et al. (2011) Bonini et al. (2014)
12 Orbital gyri OFC (CCN; ToM) Abu-Akel and Shamay-Tsoory (2011) Levy and Glimcher (2012)
13 Precentral gyrus M1
14 Rectus gyrus OFC (CCN; ToM) Abu-Akel and Shamay-Tsoory (2011) Levy and Glimcher (2012)
15 Subcallosal gyrus
16 Central sulcus M1 and S1 (ToM)
17 Anterior circular sulcus Lamm et al. (2011) McKenna et al. (2017) Liu et al. (2011)
18 Inferior frontal sulcus OFC (CCN; ToM) Carrington and Bailey (2009) Derrfuss et al. (2005); Pan et al. (2018) Levy and Glimcher (2012)
19 Middle frontal sulcus Buchsbaum et al. (2005); Hare et al. (2009)
20 Superior frontal sulcus SMA Fan et al. (2011) Bonini et al. (2014)
21 Lateral orbital sulcus OFC; VMPFC (CNN, DMN, ToM) Moll et al. (2002); Lewis et al. (2011) Hare et al. (2009); Levy and Glimcher (2012)
22 Olfactory sulcus OFC (CCN, ToM) Moll et al. (2002); Lewis et al. (2011) Hare et al. (2009); Levy and Glimcher (2012)
23 H-shaped sulcus OFC (CCN, ToM) Moll et al. (2002); Lewis et al. (2011) Hare et al. (2009); Levy and Glimcher (2012)
24 Pericallosal sulcus
25 Inferior precentral sulcus SMA Fan et al. (2011)
26 Superior precentral sulcus SMA Fan et al. (2011)
27 Suborbital sulcus OFC (CCN, ToM) Moll et al. (2002); Lewis et al. (2011) Hare et al. (2009); Levy and Glimcher (2012)
Parietal lobe
28 Mid posterior cingulate gyrus and sulcus DMN Schlaffke et al. (2015) Kragel et al. (2018)
29 Dorsal posterior cingulate gyrus DMN Schlaffke et al. (2015) Kragel et al. (2018)
30 Ventral posterior cingulate gyrus DMN Schlaffke et al. (2015) Kragel et al. (2018)
31 Long insular gyri and central insular sulcus
32 Short insular gyrus Fan et al. (2011)
33 Angular gyrus TPJ (DMN, ToM) Schurz et al. (2017) Cabeza et al. (2012)
34 Supramarginal gyrus TPJ (DMN, ToM) Schurz et al. (2017) Cabeza et al. (2012)
35 Superior parietal gyrus McKenna et al. (2017)
36 Postcentral gyrus Fan et al. (2011)
37 Precuneus Schurz et al. (2014)
38 Marginal sulcus
39 Inferior circular sulcus
40 Jensen sulcus TPJ (DMN, ToM) Schurz et al. (2017) Cabeza et al. (2012)
41 Intraparietal sulcus TPJ (DMN, ToM) Schurz et al. (2017) McKenna et al. (2017)
42 Parieto occipital sulcus
43 Postcentral sulcus S1 (ToM)
44 Subparietal sulcus
Temporal lobe
45 Anterior transverse temporal gyri AC (DMN)
46 Lateral superior temporal gyrus Zahn et al. (2007)
47 Planum polare AC
48 Planum temporale AC
49 Inferior temporal gyrus
50 Middle temporal gyrus Carrington and Bailey (2009)
51 Horizontal lateral fissure S2
52 Vertical lateral fissure S2
53 Posterior lateral fissure S2
54 Temporal pole DMN Carrington and Bailey (2009) McKenna et al. (2017)
55 Superior circular sulcus
56 Anterior collateral sulcus
57 Posterior collateral sulcus
58 Lateral occipital-temporal sulcus
59 Medial occipito-temporal and lingual sulci
60 Inferior temporal sulcus
61 Superior temporal sulcus Molenberghs et al. (2016); Isik et al. (2017)
62 Transverse temp. sulcus AC
Occipital lobe
63 Inferior occ. gyrus and sulcus
64 Cuneus V1
65 Middle occipital gyrus Carrington and Bailey (2009)
66 Superior occipital gyrus Carrington and Bailey (2009)
67 Fusiform gyrus Carrington and Bailey (2009)
68 Lingual gyrus Carrington and Bailey (2009) Buchsbaum et al. (2005)
69 Parahippocampal gyrus
70 Occipital pole
71 Calcarine sulcus V1
72 Lunatus sulcus V1, V2
73 Superior and transversal occipital sulci
74 Anterior occipital sulcus Carrington and Bailey (2009)

Notes: VMPFC = ventromedial prefrontal cortex; OFC = orbitofrontal cortex; IFG = inferior frontal gyrus; DLPFC = dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; M1 = motor cortex (primary); S1 = somatosensory cortex (primary); S2 = somatosensory cortex (secondary); V1 = visual cortex (primary); V2 = visual cortex (secondary); AC = auditory cortex; TPJ = temporoparietal junction; CCN = cognitive control network; DMN = default mode network; SMA = supplementary motor area.