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. 2007 Dec 12;275(1634):473–481. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1460

Table 2.

Cerebral areas of differential response to positive versus negative vocalizations. (Peaks of significant (p<0.001 uncorrected) BOLD signal difference between positively and negatively valenced vocalizations are listed with approximate anatomical localization, coordinates in Talairach space and t-value of peak. *p<0.005 uncorrected in the conjunction analysis.)

anatomical localization Talairach coordinates t-value

joint analysis (human OR animal vocalizations)
positive>negative vocalizations
 right inferior prefrontal cortex (BA 47) 46 40 −12 4.50
50 32 −8 4.30
 left inferior prefrontal cortex (BA 47) −58 30 −6 4.32
 cerebellum 8 −50 −42 5.01
6 −44 −44 4.43
−38 −72 −36 4.31
 occipital cortex 6 −88 20 4.15
negative>positive vocalizations
 right superior temporal gyrus (BA 22) 60 −18 4 5.70
42 −18 −2 4.20
 right orbitofrontal cortex (BA 47/11) 20 18 −22 5.14
18 32 −12 4.24
conjunction analysis (human AND animal vocalizations)
positive>negative vocalizations
 no significant cluster
negative>positive vocalizations
 right orbitofrontal cortex (BA 47/11) 20 18 −22 3.56*
18 34 −10 2.53