The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) has been repeatedly implicated in affect, valuation, and social cognition, yet how these diverse functions are organized within a single cortical territory has remained unresolved. Here, we integrate large-scale meta-analysis, individual-level task fMRI, artificial neural-network encoding models, and multimodal connectivity analyses to reveal the internal functional architecture of the human VMPFC. Across four complementary studies, we identify a robust
A Tripartite Map of the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex
Guoqiu Chen·Yue Wang·Mingxue Fu·S Li·Mingzhe Zhang·Zaixu Cui·Mingrui Xia·Lianglong Sun·Yong He·Ting Xu·X Yu·Yinyin Zang·Jingfeng Zhou·K Zhang·Shaozheng Qin·Haroon Popal·Zeynep M. Saygin·David E. Osher·Ingrid R. Olson·Matthew F. S. Rushworth·Donghui Song
