Table 3. Main effect for State.

ROIs, main effect for State	L/R	Vol mm3	Talairach coord. x y z	State effect F-value	Novices t-value (Med.>Rest)	Experts t-value (Med.>Rest)
Precuneus	L/R	17835	−5 −55 52	32.7**	X	5.8**
Supramarginal gyrus (TPJ)	R	715	52 −43 37	38.2**	X	6.8**
Inf. Parietal lobule (including SII)	L/R	7453	46 −40 47	43.7**	2.8	6.1**
Ant. Insula	L/R	1963	37 15 1	27.2**	X	4.8**
Sup. Temporal sulcus (post)	L/R	6267	54 −38 14	35.5**	X	5.7**
Sup. Temporal gyrus (ant.)	L/R	3416	54 5 −7	28.2**	X	5.2**
Sup. Parietal lobule	R	948	34 −60 46	28.6**	X	6.1**
Post. cingulate gyrus	L/R	9185	6 −40 40	35.7**	2.4	5.5**
Mid. temporal gyrus (post)	R	6280	58 −47 −3	38.6**	X	6.4**
Parahippocampal gyrus	L/R	357	12 −39 4	22.3**	X	5.3**
Fusiform gyrus	L/R	1629	48 −38 −17	21.8**	X	4.93**
Cerebellum	L/R	2471	16 −48 −12	24.8**	X	6.1**
Brain stem	L/R	591	3 −22 −6	26.4**	X	X
Ant. cingulate gyrus/medial frontal gyrus	R	4372	5 24 37/9 6 42	28.06**	4.5**	4.1*
Mid. frontal gyrus	R	1027	22 9 58	19.1**	3.0	3.4*

Clusters extracted from the ROIs showing State effect (p<0. 05 corrected, repeated ANOVA). Paired t-tests comparing responses during meditation and resting states were run within each group in each of these ROIs (p<0.05).

^*indicates p<0.005,

^**p<0.0005, X indicates non-significant.