Table 5. Group by State interaction.

ROIs, Group by State interaction	L/R	Vol mm3	Talairach coord. x y z	State effect F-value	Group effect F-value	State by Group Interact F-value	Novices t-value (Med.>Rest)	Experts t-value (Med.>Rest)
Angular gyrus (TPJ)	R	1128	51 −59 35	15.7**	X	18.5**	X	4.6**
Supramarginal gyrus (TPJ)	R	828	44 −52 27	19.1**	X	19.8**	X	4.8**
Inferior Parietal Lobule (post.)	R	392	45 −58 35	12.8*	X	12.46*	X	3.9*
Sup. Temporal gyrus (ant.)	R/L	2889	55 −12 0	22.5**	X	18.6**	X	5.0**
Sup. Temporal sulcus (post.)	R/L	4917	45 −45 10	21.2**	X	23.9**	X	5.6**
precuneus		6582	−2 57 54	23.8**	X	26.7**	X	6.4**
Mid. Temporal gyrus (post.)	R/L	3854	62 −38 5	17.1**	4.5	26.75**	X	5.26**
Mid. Temporal gyrus (ant.)	R/L	1933	55 −8 −16	12.6*	X	24.9**	X	5.3**
Post. cingulate gyrus	L/R	1871	6 −48 35	32 **	X	24.6**	X	6.2**
Medial frontal gyrus/paracentral lobule	L/R	5317	−3 −24 67	6.4	X	19.5**	X	4.1*
Post- and pre-central gyri	L	7121	−32 −27 59/ 36 −16 49	6.2	X	20.3**	X	4.2*
Cerebellum	L/R	13528	−20 −69 −17	8.3	X	20.2**	X	4.7**
Lentiform nuclei and Globus Pallidus	L/R	526	−16 −9 −7	15.5**	X	21.6**	X	4.97**
Amygdala	L/R	484	22 −6 −10	4.5	X	19.4**	X	4.12*
Thalamus	R	401	8 −24 10	7.1	X	16.4**	X	6.3**
IFG	R	1266	39 27 −13	8.3	X	16.5**	X	4.5*

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.