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. 2026 Jan 21;9:282. doi: 10.1038/s42003-026-09562-6

Table 2.

Peak activation reports for mentalizing in children (n = 80)

T pFWE-corr k MNI
Brain region Hem. X y z
precuneus, posterior cingulate R/L 15.61 <0.001 4071 4 -56 40
temporoparietal junction, inf., mid. & sup. temporal gyrus, mid. & sup. temporal pole, angular gyrus, insula, amygdala, parahippocampal gyrus R 14.09 <0.001 4494 48 -54 20
temporoparietal junction, inf., mid. & sup. temporal gyrus, mid. & sup. temporal pole, angular gyrus, insula, amygdala L 10.97 <0.001 3916 -50 -58 20
sup. medial frontal gyrus, anterior cingulate cortex R/L 9.30 <0.001 1384 4 56 20
medial orbitofrontal gyrus, gyrus rectus R/L 8.15 <0.001 263 4 54 -18
inf., mid., sup. occipital gyrus R 7.89 <0.001 118 28 -96 -8
fusiform gyrus, inferior temporal gyrus L 7.23 <0.001 81 -38 -42 -18
fusiform gyrus, inferior temporal gyrus R 7.12 <0.001 136 40 -44 -22
superior frontal gyrus R 6.96 <0.001 87 16 38 56
inf. frontal gyrus (pars triangularis & operculum) R 5.99 0.004 26 54 28 -4
inferior occipital gyrus L 5.87 0.013 11 -20 -100 -8
supplementary motor area, medial superior frontal gyrus R 5.87 0.002 43 10 26 64
hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus R 5.78 0.006 21 22 -10 -16
medial superior frontal gyrus L 5.59 0.002 45 -14 48 44
inf. frontal gyrus (pars triangularis) L 5.51 0.004 29 -54 24 8
hippocampus, amygdala L 5.29 0.011 13 -28 -6 -20

Hem hemisphere, ACC anterior cingulate cortex, IFG inferior frontal gyrus, OFC orbitofrontal cortex, inf. inferior, mid. middle, sup. superior, L/R left/right, T-scores, k cluster size and xyz co-ordinates of peak voxel according to Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI).