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. 2009 Feb 25;4(2):199–207. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsn050

Table 4.

Individual contrasts

Anatomical region (Brodmann areas) Cluster size (functional Voxels) x y z Z-value
Personal praying vs. making wishes to Santa Claus
Left precuneus (BA 7) 527 −10 −60 32 4.71
Left temporo-parietal junction (BA 39) 286 −40 −54 24 4.68
Left temporopolar region (BA 21) 44 −46 6 −40 4.30
Left medial prefrontal cortex (BA 9) 31 −14 50 22 4.18
Making wishes to Santa Claus vs. personal praying
Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (BA 46) 1336 46 38 26 5.53
Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (BA 46) 1399 −32 26 14 4.74
Right suppl. motor area (BA 6) 994 8 18 50 4.44
Right posterior limbic cortex (BA 30) 791 18 −70 8 4.37
Left precuneus (BA 19) 1080 −28 −74 38 4.36
Right occipital cortex (BA 17) 114 8 −98 0 4.34
Left motor cortex (BA 4) 57 −12 −36 64 4.05
Right precuneus (BA 19) 149 30 −70 38 3.55
Personal praying vs. the Lord's prayer
Left dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (BA 6) 52 −8 10 64 4.85
Left anterior medial prefrontal cortex (BA 9) 145 −10 54 38 4.41
Left temporopolar region (BA 21)a 7 −46 4 −40 4.00
Left temporo-parietal junction (BA 39)a 12 −46 −62 24 3.92
Left precuneus (BA 7)a 4 −8 −56 36 3.84
The Lord's prayer vs. personal praying
Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (BA 10) 13378 40 40 24 6.05
Right Parietal cortex (BA 40) 11530 48 −42 54 5.26
Left cerebellum 5156 −12 −84 −30 4.91
Right inferior temporal cortex (BA 20) 1333 62 −50 −16 4.65
Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (BA 46) 1113 −46 44 12 4.26
Right posterior cingulate cortex (BA 31) 3141 4 −30 42 4.24
Left superior parietal cortex (BA 5) 60 −12 −42 68 3.19
Right cerebellum 173 28 −64 −26 3.10
Left superior parietal cortex (BA 7) 51 −14 −50 56 2.97
The Lord's prayer vs. nursery rhyme
No suprathreshold voxels
Nursery rhyme vs. the Lord's prayer
No suprathreshold voxels

Region (nearest Brodmann's areas)/mni-talaraich (x, y, z)/Z-value. Results are thresholded at P < 0.05 corrected for multiple comparisons (FDR) with an extended threshold of 15 voxels.

aClusters of interest below 15 voxels.