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. 2008 Sep 17;4:41. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-4-41

Table 1.

Cerebral activations related to viewing emotional face expressions as compared with viewing scrambled faces

Anatomical location Coordinates Brodmann area Cognitive instruction (Task)
x y z Recognize Empathize Object detection

Lingual gyrus R 28 -72 -10 BA 18 +
Fusiform gyrus R 36 -69 -10 BA 19 + +
Cuneus R 28 -78 16 BA 31 + +
Superior frontal gyrus L -3 22 52 BA 6 + + +
Inferior frontal gyrus L -49 2 20 BA 44 + + +
Inferior frontal gyrus R 55 8 16 BA 44 + + +
Middle frontal gyrus R 43 29 30 BA 9 + +
Supramarginal gyrus L -46 -49 28 BA 42 +
Parietal operculum R 50 -24 10 BA 40 +
Sup. temporal gyrus R 34 16 -6 BA 38 +
Hypothalamus L -3 -6 -11 +
Cerebellum L -14 -60 -22 +

Activations in categorical analysis with SPM2 at p < 0.05 FDR with clusters > 20 voxels. The coordinates (x, y, z; mm) of the peak activations (+) are listed in stereotactic space [43]. L refers to left hemisphere; R refers to right hemisphere.