Table 1.

Meditation block data: Brain regions differentially activated for EMs vs. NMs

ROI	Volume, mm3	Talairach coordinates, x, y, and z	EM t value	NM t value	EM vs. NM t value	EM hours partial r value
EMs > NMs
Frontal
Left MFG/IFG, BA45, 46	1,355	−49, 29, 19	4.4**	−0.77	3.2***	−0.72**
Right SFG, BA9	1,009	31, 42, 31	2.9**	0.02	2.4*	−0.47
Left supplementary motor area, MFG, DLPFC, BA9, BA32	924	−21, 6, 50	3.3**	1.0	2.5*	−0.63*
Left rectal gyrus, BA11	811	−0.5, 43, −26	3.8***	−1.9	3.4***	−0.32
Left precentral, DLPFC, BA6	1,535	−34, −2, 36	4.2***	1.3	3.0**	−0.72**
Parietal/posterior
Left IPS, superior parietal, supramarginal gyrus, BA7	7,400	−24, −61, 46	3.6***	-.46	3.2***	−0.71**
Right superior parietal, BA7	1,359	14, −62, 54	4.8***	−1.3	3.8***	−0.62*
Occipital/temporal
Right cuneus, BA17	1,792	22, −85, 11	3.7***	−1.6	4***	−0.52
Left middle temporal gyrus, IFG, BA20, BA21	1,938	−38, −7, −26	4***	−3.2***	5.1***	−0.53
Right middle temporal gyrus, BA21, BA22	786	54, −12, −8	1.7	−2.7*	3.2***	−0.63*
Fusiform, BA37	3,272	−42, −55, −16	4.5***	0.16	3.5***	−0.61*
Noncortical
Left putamen	808	−30, −20, 3	3.9***	0.83	2.8**	−0.61*
Right lentiform, parahippocampus, BA28	2,989	29, −42, 11	4.0***	−0.41	2.9**	−0.60
Cerebellum, declive, culmen	22,082	−4, −56, −14	4.4***	0.27	3.3***	−0.68*
Left cerebellar tonsil	1,944	−22, −39, −40	4.0***	−0.33	3.3***	−0.67*
NM > EM
Left medial front/Acc, BA6, BA32	941	−10, 39, 26	−1.4	2.2*	−2.5*	−0.32
Right Ins, BA13	851	39, −13, 15	−2.2*	2.1	−3.0**	−0.21

Data are from a t test subtraction (significantly different between groups at P < 0.05 corrected).

*, P < 0.05;

**, P < 0.01;

***, P < 0.005.