Table 1 Brain regions showing significant increased BOLD response to beauty, ugliness, and conflict during integrated aesthetics.

From: The neural correlates of integrated aesthetics between moral and facial beauty

Brain regions

R/L

x

y

z

T

Z

Ke

BA

Face beauty

MOG

R

50

−74

0

9.15

7.55

12213

18,19

MOG

L

−44

−84

0

5.17

4.78

579

19

mOFC

 

−4

38

−22

4.76

4.45

881

11

Moral beauty

SFG

R

20

42

40

6.69

5.95

464

9

IFG

R

46

42

8

6.22

5.60

559

46

Calcarines/Lingual gyrus

R

16

−92

0

5.35

4.93

1083

17

mOFC

 

6

68

4

4.79

4.48

234

11

Conjunction of face beauty and moral beauty

MOG

R

10

−90

0

4.61

4.33

296

17,18

mOFC (SVC)

 

6

62

−12

4.27

4.04

90

11

Face ugly

Cuneus

L

−16

−98

−4

5.53

5.07

244

17

Middle frontal gyrus

L

−46

42

24

5.31

4.90

370

46

IPL/Supramarginal

L

−64

−36

40

5.14

4.77

269

40

Moral ugly

Medial SFG

 

−4

50

26

7.02

6.18

1027

9,10

MTG

R

60

−10

−10

6.93

6.11

476

21

MTG

L

−60

−10

−10

6.66

5.92

1193

21

Uvula

R

22

−76

−34

6.35

5.70

507

 

TPJ

L

−58

−52

28

6.33

5.68

1388

40

Superior temporal pole

L

−44

4

−36

5.62

5.15

1947

21,38

SFG

 

−10

20

60

4.71

4.41

251

6

Insular(SVC)

R

44

−4

18

3.47

3.34

6

13

Conjunction of face ugly and moral ugly

None

Largest response in FUMU

Insular

R

36

6

14

6.58

5.86

1230

13

Insular

L

−36

4

−6

5.62

5.14

1454

13

Fusiform

L

−34

−42

−22

6.40

5.73

3510

37

TPJ

R

60

−28

28

5.42

4.99

1031

40,42

Cuneus

L

−12

−86

28

5.23

4.84

375

19,18

Precuneus/cingulate

 

−10

−42

46

4.75

4.45

285

7

SMA/PCC

 

4

−16

50

4.61

4.33

593

31,6

Aesthetic conflict

Media frontal gyrus

 

10

36

48

9.88

Inf

18229

8,9,10

IPL, AG

R

56

−62

42

8.89

7.39

2279

40

IPL/SMG

L

−34

−48

38

6.99

6.16

1189

40

ITG

R

66

−22

−22

5.65

5.17

305

20,21

Precuneus

 

12

−72

50

5.51

5.06

695

7

Cerebellum

L

−26

−74

−32

4.91

4.58

490

 
  1. MNI coordinate: MOG: middle occipital gyrus; SFG: superior frontal gyrus; IFG: inferior frontal gyrus; IPL: inferior parietal lobe; MTG: middle temporal gyrus; ITG: inferior temporal gyrus; STG: superior temporal gyrus; SPL: superior parietal lobe. R, Right; L, Left; BA: Broadmann area.