Table 1.

Significantly activated (P < 0.005, FDR corrected) brain regions for the contrast, “superior player > inferior player”

Brain Regions	BA	Cluster Size (voxels)	Peak MNI Coordinates(x,y,z)			Peak Z Score
STABLE HIERARCHY: Experiment #1
R inferior parietal gyrus, incl.	7/40	1341^‡	36,	−57,	48	6.76
R inferior/middle occipital gyrus	18/19		42,	−81,	−6	6.16
L inferior/middle occipital gyrus	18/19	709^‡	−24,	−96,	9	6.31
R precuneus	7	59^‡	6,	−57,	39	4.54
R inferior/middle frontal gyrus (DLPFC)	9/46	465	42,	30,	21	4.50
L inferior/middle frontal gyrus (DLPFC)	9	133	−36,	3,	42	4.48
R parahippocampal gyrus		70	27,	−24,	−12	3.71
L parahippocampal gyrus		53	−21,	−27,	−9	4.14
R ventral striatum, incl.		93	6,	18,	−3	3.99
L ventral striatum			−3,	15,	−6	3.72
L middle temporal gyrus	21	52	−57,	−51,	−6	3.95
UNSTABLE HIERARCHY: Experiment #2
R inferior/middle occipital gyrus, incl.	18/19	847^‡	36,	−93,	3	7.03
L inferior/middle occipital gyrus	18/19		−27,	−93,	6	5.83
R inferior frontal gyrus (DLPFC)	9	54^‡	45,	9,	27	5.46
R thalamus, incl.		207^‡	6,	−18,	6	5.34
L thalamus			−6,	−18,	15	4.68
R parahippocampal gyrus		81^‡	27,	−21,	−15	5.23
L parahippocampal gyrus		77^‡	−24,	−27,	−12	5.01
L precentral gyrus, incl.	4/6	61^‡	−39,	−21,	66	5.15
L postcentral gyrus	1/2/3		−51,	−24,	57	4.59
R ventral striatum		53^‡	9,	9,	−3	4.78
L fusiform	37	24^‡	−27,	−63,	−18	4.81
R fusiform	37	23^‡	45,	−48,	−18	4.57
R amygdala		26^†	24,	−3,	−21	4.34
posterior cingulate	23/29	31^†	3,	−42,	21	4.25
medial prefrontal cortex	9/10	58,	6,	60	30	3.78
R superior parietal lobule	7/40	7	39,	−51,	66	3.63
supplementary motor area	6	64	3,	−27,	60	3.61
L posterior insula	13	61	−45,	−18,	12	3.57
R precuneus	7	26	9,	−60,	66	3.50

^†

cluster defined using P < 0.001, FDR corrected.

^‡

cluster defined using P < 0.0005, FDR corrected.

L = left hemisphere. R = right hemisphere. MNI = Montreal Neurological Institute. BA = Brodmann area. DLPFC = dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Bold indicates regions uniquely activated in Experiment #2.