Figure 2.

Activation likelihood clusters (FDR pN < 0.01 level) show meta-analytic activations in maternal love (red) or passionate love (green). In maternal love, the activated clusters were centered at the left ventral tegmental area, right thalamus, left substantia nigra, bilateral putamen, right medial prefrontal gyrus, right superior temporal gyrus, right middle temporal gyrus, and left amygdala. A cluster was activated in the meta-analysis of passionate love, centered at the left ventral tegmental area and extending to the right ventral tegmental area.