Table 2.
Brain regions that were significantly more active for Emotion Inference: False Belief as compared to Emotion Recognition: False Belief
| Brain region | Brodmann's area | MNI co-ordinates x, y, z | t-statistic | Volume (voxels) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EI : FB > ER : FB | ||||
| L. Precentral gyrus | 6 | −42, 4, 36 | 7.7 | 2861 |
| L. Anterior insula/lateral orbital frontal gyrus | 47 | −42, 24, −10 | 6.9 | (2861) |
| L. Inferior frontal gyrus—operculum | 44 | 54, 18, 8 | 5.6 | (2861) |
| L. Middle frontal gyrus | 6 | −42, −2, 58 | 4.9 | 100 |
| L. Middle frontal gyrus—anterior | 9 | −18, 50, 38 | 4.9 | 38 |
| B. Supplementary motor area/dACC—(prPFC) | 8,32, 6 | −10, 18, 54 | 9.7 | 2321 |
| B. Anterior cingulate cortex (arPFC) | 32, 10 | 2, 56, 18 | 5.7 | (2321) |
| L. Superior temporal sulcus | 21, 39 | −54, −58, 16 | 8.8 | 1029 |
| L. Middle temporal gyrus—anterior | 21 | −58, −14, −16 | 5.2 | 104 |
| B. Posterior cingulate cortex | 23 | −12, −54, 30 | 4.7 | 84 |
| L. Occipital—lingual gyrus—calcarine | 18 | −18, −72, −4 | 7.4 | 3437 |
| R. Occipital—lingual gyrus—calcarine | 17 | 18, −52, 8 | 6.5 | (3437) |
| L. Thalamus | −8, −18, 12 | 7.2 | 147 | |
| L. Ventral pallidum—medial orbital frontal cortex | 25 | −10, 12, −12 | 5.5 | 87 |
| R. Inferior frontal gyrus | 44 | 38, 18, 24 | 4.0 | 10 |
| R. Anterior insula | 47 | 32, 22, −6 | 4.6 | 59 |
| R. Thalamus | 6, −12, 12 | 4.2 | 5 |
L = Left, R = Right, B = Bilateral.
( ) Parentheses indicates that the volume for that activation is included in the larger cluster listed above.