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. 2002 Jul 26;99(16):10789–10794. doi: 10.1073/pnas.162356599

Table 1.

Brain regions in which activation was correlated positively with both greater emotional arousal ratings and better subsequent memory for pictures (collapsed across all trials)

Structure
Talairach coordinates Cluster size, mm3
Z
x y z
Men
 R inferior frontal gyrus 39 16 31 104 2.58
 L anterior cingulate gyrus, BA 24 −7 −8 40 224 2.19
Women
 Frontal lobe (gyrus)
  L superior, BA 6 −12 12 60 104 2.56
  L middle, BA 6 −39 0 47 38 2.28
  L medial, BA 6 −6 −4 53 156 3.51
−3 12 55 120 2.78
 R superior temporal gyrus/insula 37 −8 −10 246 2.93
 L anterior cingulate gyrus, BA 23 −3 −12 31 180 2.63
 L amygdala −22 −8 −14 140 2.49
 R hippocampus 20 −16 −11 107 2.86
 L hippocampus −23 −20 −9 117 3.17

Z score indicates maximal Z score within the cluster that was obtained for a correlation between brain activation and either ratings or memory performance based on an r-to-z transformation. R, right; L, left.