We acquired MRI data at the Center for Cognitive Neurobiological Imaging at Stanford University on a 3T GE
Discovery MR750 scanner (GE Medical Systems) using a 32-channel head coil. In each session we collected one T1-weighted structural scan with 0.9 mm isotropic voxel size. We acquired functional data with a T2* sensitive gradient echo EPI sequence with a multiplexing (multiband) factor of 3 to acquire whole-brain coverage (51 slices). The TR was 1.19 s, TE was 30 ms and flip angle was 62°. The voxel size was 2.4 mm isotropic.
Via a mirror mounted above their nose, participants viewed the stimuli on an LCD screen (total viewing distance = 280 cm). The display had a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels, refreshing at 60 Hz. We presented the stimuli with custom
MATLAB software (MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA) and the Psychophysics Toolbox
66 (link),67 (link). Throughout each scan we recorded monocular gaze position with an SR Research
Eyelink 1000 tracker. Calibration was usually successful (details below), and even when it was not, participants believed their fixation was being monitored. Participants responded to the tasks by pressing two buttons on a response pad held in their right hand.
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