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. 2007 Dec;2(4):274–283. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsm023

Table 2.

Regions activated by whole-brain group-average random-effects analyses (P < 0.001, uncorrected) contrasting each emotion vs neutral. Coordinates are in Talairach space

x y z t mm3
Anger > Neutral
Right fusiform 43 −36 −21 4.90 96
Right superior frontal 42 −8 51 4.58 104
Disgust > Neutral
Left occipitotemporal −47 −69 5 5.37 1867
Left orbitofrontal −10 43 6 4.36 59
Right occipitotemporal 46 −65 6 6.08 2474
Right lateral anterior temporal 51 6 −14 5.20 77
Right medial temporal 21 11 −28 4.84 133
Right sensori-motor 5 −36 67 5.16 154
Fear > Neutral
Left occipitotemporal −40 −70 14 4.86 1003
Left precuneus −10 −46 46 4.60 208
Right occipitotemporal 42 −69 11 4.74 809
Right precuneus −9 −52 45 4.54 337
Right superior frontal 16 −10 68 5.28 198
Happiness > Neutral
Left occipital −25 −89 5 4.31 95
Left superior temporal −51 −36 12 5.01 1366
Left cerebellum −11 −53 −19 5.84 1496
Ventral striatum/caudate 5 8 4 5.71 2237
Right brainstem 11 −14 −26 4.23 72
Right occipital 32 −85 4 4.61 255
Right occipitotemporal 44 −65 2 5.34 1153
Right fusiform 32 −30 −26 5.27 152
Right lateral anterior temporal 54 6 −11 4.83 261
Right superior temporal 47 −29 3 4.81 535
Right dorsomedial frontal 5 −12 53 5.52 839
Right lateral frontal 46 −2 72 4.68 220
Sadness > Neutral
Left occipital −39 −84 12 5.79 2221
Left ventromedial frontal −1 19 0 4.15 50
Right occipital 24 −95 −12 5.61 264