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. 2023 Aug 22;23(3):993–1012. doi: 10.1007/s12311-023-01596-4

Table 1.

Selected functional key terms from the NeuroSynth database in decreasing order of centrality for each topic, and ALE parameters

NeuroSynth topic Selected functional key terms Centrality key terms ALE analyses
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Mean convergence Mean uniqueness Cerebellar coordinates Whole brain coordinates Studies Participants
1 trait traits personality 29 68 531 3023 86 2624
7 reward rewards feedback anticipation 53 87 1353 8823 236 6293
8 mind tom 94 25 378 2560 54 1164
9 working wm load 68 55 1372 7637 184 4519
11 training trained practice sequence 33 98 1647 7760 183 4111
13 fear threat 31 36 706 2819 79 2099
16 inhibition inhibitory stop 55 59 862 4554 113 3461
17 sensorimotor finger 23 34 1438 7946 156 3104
18 number numerical arithmetic magnitude 33 88 1527 8380 197 5086
19 action actions observation mirror 47 88 1962 13,145 308 6340
20 conflict interference incongruent 22 77 890 5981 142 3504
25 location space 15 38 668 4193 111 2108
26 emotion affective valence 33 65 1696 10,852 281 7547
28 empathy empathic moral 39 63 396 3215 66 1634
30 decision decisions choice choices risky 59 110 992 6326 197 4566
31 prediction predictive predictions classification 18 105 1086 6352 162 3796
33 encoding episodic retrieval 33 68 2493 14,761 338 9798
37 word sentences sentence reading 32 89 1765 11,182 290 6395
38 objects category 17 35 1211 7037 208 4659
40 face faces facial expressions 44 90 1817 9090 247 6294
41 events scenes scene 10 93 1489 7891 188 4302
47 attention attentional 57 30 1620 10,440 293 6542
Totals (ignoring contributions to multiple topics) 12,105 71,290 1820 44,506

Functional key terms were ordered along decreasing centrality from terms 1 to 5. Centrality of a key term for a topic is indicated by high overlap of studies sharing the same key term and a low number of studies with unique additional key terms related to the topic but not sharing that key term. This was computed (on all NeuroSynth studies) for two measures with respect to the most representative term 1: Mean overlap = % of studies with key terms 2–5 also sharing key term 1 (averaged across key terms 2–5). Mean uniqueness = % of studies with unique key terms 2–5 not sharing key term 1 (averaged across key terms 2–5). These measures followed the order of terms in NeuroSynth, except in a few cases were key terms were reordered or omitted based on these centrality measures. Centrality measures were conducted on studies before the Quality Check. Totals ignore repetitions due to multiple contributions of some studies to more than one topic. tom, theory of mind; wm, working memory