Table 1.

Significant main effect areas of activation for decision form and between-object reinforcement level difference*

RegionBAmm3XYZ
Moderated by decision form
    R vmPFCa,b,c1094040510
    R amygdalaa,b,c**9826−6−14
    L superior temporal gyrusa,b,c423605−60−2917
    L middle temporal gyrusa,b,c192941−54−7415
    R middle temporal gyrusa,b37247462−624
    L precuneusa,b,c197839−29−6340
    R ACdd,e32945431646
    R middle frontal gyrusd,e83605492244
    L insulad,e135395−39155
    R insulad,e13212536194
    R inferior parietal lobuled,e40981243−5650
    L middle occipital gyrusd,e186943−47−78−11
Moderated by between-object reinforcement level difference
    R ACd32475311224
    L middle frontal gyrus61443−35932
  • *All activations are effects observed in whole-brain analyses corrected for multiple comparisons (significant at p < 0.05) except **p< 0.001, uncorrected for multiple comparisons. BA, Brodmann's area; L, left; R, right.

  • a,b,c,d,eThe BOLD response was significantly greater to aRewRew than PunPun trials, bRewRew than RewPun trials, cRewPun than PunPun trials, dPunPun than RewRew trials, ePunPun than RewPun trials.