Figure 3

Brain activation for four decks during anticipation and experience. The red, yellow, green and blue stand for decks A, B, C, and D, respectively. The upper panel indicated the brain response of the four decks. The activations of four decks mostly overlapped at the bilateral striatum, insular cortex, middle temporal gyrus, thalamus, and primary sensory/motor cortex (Random Effect: all conditions, P _uncorrected = 0.0001, K = 30). The left S1/M1 is more active before choice than the right S1/M1, possibly related to the right hand movement and joystick control. Following card-selection, bilateral inferior parietal lobule, insular cortex, caudate nucleus, posterior cingulate cortex, frontal eye field and primary visual cortex (V1), as well as right superior frontal gyrus were activated (Random Effect: all conditions, P _uncorrected = 0.0001, K = 30). These representations may imply that the attention system is strongly targeted to evaluate the consequences of decks and logically reasoning.