Whole-brain analyses from experiment 1. The figure depicts whole-brain maps from the group-level analyses of experiment 1 with FDR correction at P < 0.05 for the whole-brain mass. (a) In accordance with previous findings, an extensive network of brain regions was recruited during problem solving including a broad swathe of the MFG, the pIFG, the PPC, the ventral and the dorsal visual processing streams, and the caudate in both hemispheres. (b) When the complexity of the rules increased, the MFG and the PPC showed an increase in activation. (c) When the analogical distance between the rule derivation and application slides increased activation within the iRLPFC, left aLOC, and the parahippocampal gyrus increased. (d) Activation in much of the right MFG, more focally in the left MFG, and in the PPC, was elevated when directly contrasting increased rule complexity minus increased analogical distance. (e) The left iRLPFC and the left aLOC were activated more when directly contrasting increased analogical distance with increased rule complexity.