Table 4. Laterality effect.

ROIs, main effect for State	Vol mm3	Talairach coord. x y z	Side effect	State by Side effect	State by Side by Group effect
Pars Operculum (SII)	5491	46 −31 32	X	8.7 (R>L)	X
Supramarginal gyrus (TPJ)	1623	52 −44 35	X	13.9* (R>L)	5.7
Inf. Parietal Lobule	6919	47 −46 44/46 −41 29	X	10.8* (R>L)	X
Sup. Temporal sulcus	4434	48 −35 15	X	13.4* (R>L)	X
Mid. temporal gyrus	6277	52 −48 −5	X	22.2**	X
Fusiform gyrus	3446	48 −38 −17	X	5.4 (R>L)	X
Parahippocampal gyrus	3009	12 −38 4	X	6.8 (R>L)	X
Ant. cingulate gyrus/medial frontal gyrus	5040	4 35 27/4 21 44	X	11.1* (R>L)	6.3

Laterality effects were tested in the clusters showing state effect (meditation versus resting states) (Table 1) or Group by State effect (Table 2). Repeated ANOVA with Laterality, State and Group as factors were run on the average activity in these ROIs and in symmetrical ROIs in the other hemisphere. p<0.05).

^*indicates p<0.005,

^**p<0.0005, X, L, R indicate non-significant, left and right respectively.