Table 1 Coordinates, voxel sizes and peak values showed the activated brain regions of MJ and MA (p < 0.05, FWE-corrected).

Regions	R/L	BA	x	y	z	t score	size
The Comparison of Morality Judgment (MJ) and moral aesthetic judgment (MA)
Parametric_modulated_MJ
Precentral Gyrus/PMv	R/L	6	−39	−9	66	6.11	969
IFG/lOFC/Insula	R	9/46/13	33	24	3	5.78	850
SMA	R/L	8	6	18	45	5.64	256
MFG	R	10	33	54	6	4.32	125
IOG/MOG	R	18/19	33	−87	−12	4.71	95
IPL	R	4/6	30	−54	45	4.44	60
FFA	R	37	39	−45	−18	4.19	52
Parametric_modulated_MA
ACC/mPFC/mOFC	R/L	32	6	39	36	6.17	904
Cuneus/precuneus	R/L	31	12	−75	24	4.59	196
TPJ	L	40	−57	−51	36	5.79	158
Insula/IFG	R	47/13	30	21	−9	5.37	126
Insula/IFG	L	13/47	−30	15	−15	5.64	104
TPJ	R	40	60	−42	30	4.04	89
Conjunction of MJ ∩ MA
No activation
Differences between MJ and MA
Specific regions of MJ_[MJ > MA]
MFG/IFG/PMv	L	6/9	−48	3	33	6.87	693
IOG/MOG	L	18	−27	−93	−12	7.25	613
SPL/IPL	L	7	−21	−63	45	6.69	592
IOG/MOG	R	18	33	−87	−12	7.1	480
SMA	R	32	6	18	45	6.41	268
SPL/IPL	R	7	27	−57	45	4.91	132
MFG/IFG/PMv	R	9/8	54	15	33	4.5	96
Specific regions of MA_[MA > MJ]
ACC/mPFC/mOFC	L/R	32/9/8	−6	45	12	8.3	1419
PCC/precuneus	R/L	31	−6	−24	39	4.59	670
TPJ	L	40/39	−54	−39	30	6.02	276
TPJ	R	40	66	−36	18	4.88	186
Insula	L	13	−42	6	−6	6.13	183
MTG/Angular	L	39	−39	−69	21	4.63	176
Insula/IFG	R	47/13	39	12	−6	5.78	100

Note: The t-scores computed by SPM12 quantify the statistical difference between the two conditions. Coordinates refer to the stereotactic space of the Montreal Neurological Institute. MFG Middle Frontal Gyrus, IFG Inferior Frontal Gyrus, SMA Supplementary Motor Area, IOG/MOG Inferior/Middle Occipital Gyrus, SPL/IPL Superior/Inferior Parietal Lobule, FFA fusiform face area, ACC/PCC Anterior and Posterior Cingulate Cortex, mPFC Medial Prefrontal Cortex, mOFC medial Orbitofrontal Cortex, TPJ Temporo-Parietal Junction, MTG Middle Temporal Gyrus.

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