The Neural Basis of Fear Promotes Anger and Sadness Counteracts Anger

Table 3

Brain regions associated with the effects of the sadness induction.

Brain regions	Hemisphere	Brodmann’s area	MNI coordinates			(24)
			x	y	z
(sadness > neutral) ∩ (sadness > fear) (conjunction)
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	38	51	11	−20	7.11	127
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	41	51	−31	4	4.41	57
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	22	60	−37	10	3.41
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Left	38	−48	11	−17	4.12	36
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Left	38	−48	8	−26	4.02
Superior frontal gyrus	Right	9	12	53	28	3.53	17
sadness > fear
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	38	54	11	−17	7.74	449
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	22	66	−10	−2	6.27
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	41	54	−31	7	6.26
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Left	22	−60	−4	1	5.3	287
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Left	38	−48	11	−17	5.02
Middle temporal gyrus	Left	22	−51	−37	1	4.92
Superior frontal gyrus	Right	9	15	53	25	4.66	279
Superior frontal gyrus	Right	6	15	23	52	3.72
Medial prefrontal cortex/medial frontal gyrus	Right	32	21	20	43	3.66
Parahippocampal gyrus	Left	27	−27	−28	−5	4.27	30
Superior frontal gyrus	Left	9	−15	50	25	4.14	143
Medial prefrontal cortex/medial frontal gyrus	Left	8	−15	38	37	3.59
Medial prefrontal cortex/medial frontal gyrus	Left	9	−24	50	7	3.56
Postcentral gyrus	Left	3	−51	−16	55	4.05	11
Insula	Left	13	−48	−16	22	3.77	46
Insula	Left	13	−39	−16	25	3.72
sadness > neutral
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	38	51	11	−20	7.11	209
Parahippocampal gyrus (amygdala)	Left		−18	−7	−14	4.84	29
Insula	Right	13	39	14	−14	4.7
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	41	51	−31	4	4.41	58
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Right	22	63	−37	10	3.42
Superior temporal gyrus/Superior temporal sulcus	Left	38	−48	11	−17	4.12	36
Superior temporal gyrus/superior temporal sulcus	Left	38	−48	8	−26	4.02
Inferior frontal gyrus	Right	47	48	32	−8	3.73	15
Inferior frontal gyrus	Right	45	51	23	−2	3.42
Medial prefrontal cortex/medial frontal gyrus	Right	6	9	53	31	3.63	28
Medial prefrontal cortex/medial frontal gyrus	Right	9	6	59	16	3.48

Note: threshold was set at (uncorrected). Cluster size is represented by . MNI = Montreal Neurological Institute.