Table 3.
Comparisons of overall brain activity obtained during silent reading of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral adjectives. Upper part: Regions showing enhanced brain activity during reading of pleasant versus neutral words. Lower part: Regions showing enhanced brain activity during reading of unpleasant versus neutral words
| Hemisphere | Brain Region | Brodman area (BA) | T-value | Coordinates x, y, z MNI | Cluster |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant adjectives > neutral adjectives | |||||
| Temporo-occipital lobe extrastriate cortex | |||||
| Left | Inferior/middle occipital gyrus | BA 18/19 | 6.47 | −14, −100, −6 | 405 |
| Left | Inferior temporal gyrus, fusiform gyrus | BA 19/37 | 4.14 | −42, −68, −16 | 69 |
| BA 20 | 3.77 | −36, −8, −26 | 43 | ||
| Limbic system | |||||
| Left | Amygdala/anterior parahippocampus | 5.52 | −14, 0, −24 | 105 | |
| Parietal lobe | |||||
| Left | Middle cingulate | BA 23/31 | 3.90 | −6, −24, 44 | 98 |
| Left and Right | Inferior parietal gyrus | BA 40 | 3.57 | −40, −38, 44 | 53 |
| 3.83 | 24, −46, 46 | 64 | |||
| Frontal lobe | |||||
| Left | Superior/middle frontal gyrus | BA 8/9 | 4.23 | −18, 12, 60 | 111 |
| SMA | |||||
| Cerebellum | |||||
| Left and Right | 4.39 | −26, −54, −26 | 184 | ||
| 4.08 | 12, −74, −36 | 240 | |||
| Unpleasant adjectives > neutral adjectives | |||||
| Left | Occipital lobe extrastriate cortex | ||||
| Middle occipital gyrus | BA 18 | 3.50 | −20, −96, −4 | 40 | |
| Frontal lobe | |||||
| Right | SMA | BA 6 | 3.68 | 14, −6, 56 | 43 |
| cerebellum | |||||
| Left | 4.20 | 22, −84, −34 | 90 | ||