Table 1.

Brain regions displaying significant changes in measured activity (p < 0.001 uncorrected; cluster size >10 voxels, except where noted)

Brain regionMNI coordinates (x, y, z)Peak t valueCluster size
Preferred > nonpreferred
 L somatosensory cortex−60, −12, 164.1917 (p < 0.01)
Nonpreferred > preferred
 None
Unpredictable > predictable
 R medial orbitofrontal cortex including20, 36, −127.3177
 Bilateral nucleus accumbens0, 16, −87.17
 Bilateral paracentral lobule12, −20, 646.35239
 L mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus−4, −20, 45.8612
 R cerebellum44, −68, −245.8512
16, −76, −284.8626
Predictable > unpredictable
 R superior temporal gyrus56, −40, 165.1698
 L precentral gyrus−48, 4, 364.2814
 R lateral orbitofrontal gyrus32, 16, −164.2213
(Preferred–nonpreferred) × (unpredictable–predictable)
 L superior temporal gyrus−48, −4, −163.155 (p < 0.01)
(Preferred–nonpreferred) × (predictable–unpredictable)
 R insula44, 20, 123.6117 (p < 0.01)
 L posterior cingulate gyrus−12, −40, 83.5946 (p < 0.01)
 R cerebellum28, −52, −323.5613 (p < 0.01)
  • L, Left; R, right.