Figure 4
From: The effect of optimistic expectancies on attention bias: Neural and behavioral correlates
Brain areas displaying differential activity to unexpected punishment (vs. expected reward) following optimistic expectancies compared with unexpected reward (vs. expected punishment) following pessimistic expectancies in the visual search phase predicting asymmetric attention deployment following optimistic compared with pessimistic expectancies indicated by RTs (DiffGainCue > DiffLossCue). Participants demonstrating strongest asymmetric attention deployment following optimistic vs. pessimistic expectancies (indicated by RTs) also show the strongest activity in nodes of the salience network (anterior insula [AI], supplementary motor area [SMA], dorsal anterior cingulate cortex [DACC], superior fronal gyrus [SFG], medial frontal gyrus [MeFG]) and the executive control network (inferior frontal gyrus – pars opercularis [IFGop], middle frontal gyrus [MFG], precentral gyrus [PreCG], superior parietal lobule [SPL], inferior parietal lobule [IPL]) when processing unexpected vs. expected information following optimistic vs. pessimistic expectancies. Statistical parametric maps are thresholded at p < 0.001, uncorrected, for visualization purposes. See Table 2 for corrected inferential statistics. L = Left, R = Right.
