Table 3.

Neural loss aversion

Cluster size (number of voxels)HemisphereAnatomical regionMNIT scoreCluster p value
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Anticipation of losses versus gains
    2851LSuperior temporal gyrus−56−2445.32<0.001
LRolandic operculum (OP1/OP2)−40−32165.28
LInsula (LG1/LG2)−36−2224.85
LAngular gyrus−44−72343.40
LSupramarginal gyrus−42−36243.20
    2359RInsula lobe (LG1/LG2)40−1424.96<0.001
RInsula lobe (OP1)36−28184.20
RAmygdala (CM/SF)/putamen280−84.19
RSuperior temporal gyrus54−26124.14
RRolandic operculum (OP1/OP2)42−24163.76
    683LMiddle cingulate cortex−12−32484.72<0.001
RSMA4−16603.09
Neural loss aversion: correlation between loss aversion and “losses minus gains”
    1197LSuperior temporal gyrus−54−32205.36<0.001
LRolandic operculum (OP4)−54−264.14
    2649RSuperior temporal gyrus62−12−45.75<0.001
RRolandic operculum (OP4)52425.03
RSupramarginal gyrus52−34245.03
RAmygdala (CM/SF)24−2−164.92
RInsula lobe42−10−84.48
    483RMiddle cingulate cortex10−22444.960.007
LMiddle cingulate cortex−6−12424.02
Neural loss aversion: correlation between loss aversion and “gains minus losses”
    468LVentral caudate nucleus−121604.68<0.001
LDorsal caudate nucleus−106124.80
RVentral caudate nucleus141424.22
RDorsal caudate nucleus148124.19
RPallidum18463.85
    1592LSMA−620447.54<0.001
RSMA1020526.41
LSuperior medial gyrus−426406.28
RSuperior medial gyrus822446.12
    162LInsula lobe−3412−24.880.025
    253LInferior parietal lobule−28−54464.460.003
LAngular gyrus−28−54363.59
    162LThalamus (prefrontal)−8−16−65.850.025
    139RThalamus (prefrontal)10−1605.260.045