Marketing actions can modulate neural representations of experienced pleasantness

Plassmann et al. 10.1073/pnas.0706929105.

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SI Figure 5

Fig. 5. Activation maps for the contrast high-low price for wines 1 and 2. This figure shows the same contrast as Fig. 2 B and C and E and F, but at a much lower threshold.





Table 1. List of wines used in the study

Wine

Quality rating

Price

Vintage

Appellation

Grape

1

80

$5-$6

Mixed vintage

Mixed Napa Valley/Central Coast

Cabernet Sauvignon

2

91

$90

2002

Napa Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

3

92

$35

2002

Napa Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon





Table 2. Results for the contrast wine 1 at high vs. low price (upper) during sampling, and (lower) at swallowing

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

T

-12, -90, -6

Lingual gyrus

L

17

5.77

30, 30, 24

Middle frontal gyrus, DLPFC

R

9

5.17

-6, 0, 39

Cingulate gyrus

L

 

4.55

-12, 36, -9

Medial frontal gyrus, mOFC/VMPFC

L

10/11

4.87

15, -93, -3

Lingual gyrus

R

17

4.03

-42, -24, -6

Middle temporal gyrus

L

47

5.17

-18, 42, 6

Middle frontal gyrus/VMPFC/ACC

L

10

3.94

-24, 30, -4

Inferior frontal gyrus,

L

47

3.81

Height threshold: T = 3.61, P = 0.001(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

T

-4, -10, -9

Brainstem, midbrain

L

 

3.85*

9, -60, -42

Cerebellum, posterior lobe

R

 

3.74

9, -60, 15

Posterior cingulate cortex

R

30

3.54

4, 27, -4

Anterior cingulate cortex

R

24

3.26

21, 42, 54

Superior frontal gyrus

R

8

3.25

-2, 27, -2

Anterior cingulate cortex

L

24/32

3.24

3, -40, -33

Brainstem, pons

R

 

3.20

3, -27, -12

Brainstem, midbrain

R

 

3.19

9, -42, -1

Parahippocampal gyrus

R

30

3.11

-6, -49, 16

Posterior cingulate cortex

L

30

2.9

Height threshold: T = 2.806, P = 0.005(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels

*Also survives P = 0.001(unc.) and T = 3.5794.





Table 3. Results for the contrast wine 1 at low vs. high price (upper) during sampling and (lower) at swallowing

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

T

57, 18, 3

Inferior frontal gyrus

R

45

3.94*

57, 12, 24

Inferior frontal gyrus

R

45

3.81

54, 12, 45

Middle frontal gyrus, DLPFC

R

8

3.11

Height threshold: T = 2.8609, P = 0.005(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels

*Also survives P = 0.001(unc.) and T = 3.5794.

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

T

57, 16, 3

Inferior frontal gyrus

R

45

3.73*

-43, 50, 3

Inferior frontal gyrus

L

10

3.65*

Height threshold: T = 2.8609, P = 0.005(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.

*Also survives P = 0.001(unc.) and T = 3.5794.





Table 4. Results for the contrast wine 2 at high vs. low price (upper) during sampling and (lower) at swallowing

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

T

63, -9, -21

Inferior temporal gyrus

R

21

6.13

-30, -24, -6

Precentral gyrus

L

4

5.64

-2, 48, -20

Medial frontal gyrus, mOFC

L

11

4.99

3, 48, -19

Medial frontal gyrus, mOFC

R

11

4.99

21, 0, -18

Amygdala

R

 

4.96

6, -57, 24

Posterior cingulate cortex

R

31

4.84

39, 27, -21

Middle frontal gyrus/lOFC

R

11/47

4.52

9, 39, -9

Medial frontal gyrus/ACC

R

10/32

4.51

57, 21, 33

Middle frontal gyrus, DLPFC

R

9

4.35

9, 54, -3

Medial frontal gyrus, VMPFC

R

10

4.34

-50, 2, -27

Middle temporal gyrus

L

21

4.15

15, 30, 57

Superior frontal gyrus

R

8

4.03

Height threshold: T = 3.5794, P = 0.001(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

T

-54, 3, -27

Middle temporal gyrus

L

21

5.38*

3, 33, -21

Medial rectal/frontal gyrus, mOFC

R

11

4.85*

9, 51, -6

Medial frontal gyrus, VMPFC

R

11

4.82*

3, -24, -21

Brainstem, midbrain

R

 

4.52*

33, -18, -21

Parahippocampal gyrus

R

 

3.16

9, -48, 12

Posterior cingulated

R

 

3.16

Height threshold: T = 2.806, P = 0.005(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.

*Also survives P = 0.001(unc.) and T = 3.5794.





Table 5. Results for the contrast wine 2 at low vs. high price (upper) during sampling and (lower) at swallowing

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

T

-1, -45,-12

Cerebellum, culmen

L

 

4.08

-27, 31, 24

Frontal lobe, sub-gyral

L

 

3.41

24, 33, 30

Frontal lobe, sub-gyral

R

 

3.34

36, 42, 42

Middle frontal gyrus, DLPFC

R

9

3.35

Height threshold: T = 2.8609, P = 0.005(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

T

51, -27, 6

Superior temporal gyrus

R

22*

7.58

14, -22, 38

Cingulate gyrus

R

24*

5.67

18, 49, -9

Parahippocampal gyrus

R

19*

5.31

-48, 25, 0

Inferior frontal gyrus

L

47*

5.14

-51, -27, 0

Superior temporal gyrus

L

22*

4.92

52, 26, 0

Inferior frontal gyrus

R

47

3.91

-9, 3, 43

Cingulate gyrus

L

24

3.90

38, -23, 19

Posterior insula

R

13

3.54

-60, -39, -3

Middle temporal gyrus

L

21

3.45

33, -66, 0

Middle occipital gyrus/lingual gyrus

R

24

 

Height threshold: T = 2.806, P = 0.005(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.

*Also survives P = 0.001(unc.) and T = 3.5794.





Table 6. Results for the conjunction analysis for wines 1 and 2 comparing activity at high vs. low price (upper) during sampling and (lower) at swallowing

A.

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

-4, 43, -16

Medial frontal gyrus, mOFC/ACC

L

11/32

4, 33, -13

Medial frontal gyrus, mOFC

R

11

Height threshold: T = 2.87, P = 0.005(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.

MNI-coordinate (x, y, z)

Region

Side

BA

-6, -15, -12

Brainstem, midbrain

L

 

5, 38, -9

Medial frontal gyrus, ACC

R

11/32

-3, 45, -18

Medial frontal gyrus, ACC

L

11/32

4, -39, -38

Brainstem, pons

R

 

9, -51, 15

Posterior cingulate

R

 

Height threshold: T = 2.87, P = 0.005(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.





Table 7. Results for the contrast administration of a wine vs. neutral solution (upper) during tasting (lower) at swallowing

MNI

Area

Side

BA

T

-33, -93, -3

Middle occipital gyrus

L

18

3.86

Height threshold: T = 3.5794, P = 0.001(unc.). Extent threshold: k = 5 voxels.

MNI

Area

Side

BA

T

-32, 24, 3

Anterior insula

L

13

5.51

32, 24, 3

Anterior insula

R

13

5.15

12, 24, 30

Anterior cingulate

R

24

4.90

5, 24, 48

Medial frontal gyrus

R

6/8

5.28

-3, 24, 47

Medial frontal gyrus

L