Table 1.

Studies included in the meta-analysis

Year; study	Magnetic field, T	Sample			Faces paradigm
		No.	Female	Age, yr*
2008
Wolfensberger et al.40	1.5	32	18	30	Ekman
Deeley et al.10	1.5	40	0	24	Ekman
Payer et al.41	3	12	3	32	Ekman
De Martino et al.42	1.5	15	NR	NR	Emotional
Surguladze et al.43	1.5	29	12	38	Ekman
Bryant et al.44	1.5	15	8	36	Gur
Seitz et al.45	1.5	14	7	29	Ekman
Loughead et al.46	4	17	6	27	Gur
Miskowiak et al.47	1.5	24	8	27	Ekman
Hermans et al.48	1.5	12	12	23	Emotional
Andersson et al.49	1.5	16	9	15	Emotional
2007
Pavuluri et al.50	3	10	5	14	Gur
Coccaro et al.51	3	10	5	31	Ekman
Hessl et al.52	1.5	13	0	40	Emotional
Dannlowski et al.53	3	23	11	39	Ekman
Habel et al.18	3	14	14	24	Emotional
Deeley et al.54	1.5	9	0	27	Ekman
Salloum et al.55	1.5	11	0	36	Ekman
Anderson et al.56	1.5	12	0	25	Ekman
Rauch et al.57	3	20	10	28	Ekman
Ashwin et al.58	3	13	0	26	Emotional
Gur et al.59	4	17	5	25	Gur
Miskowiak et al.60	1.5	24	10	24	Ekman
Kleinhans et al.61	1.5	22	1	25	Emotional
Fusar-Poli et al.62	1.5	10	2	26	Ekman
Pelphrey et al.63	1.5	8	2	24	Ekman
Benuzzi et al.64	3	24	12	26	Ekman
2006
Lee et al.65	1.5	18	9	26	Emotional
Williams et al.66	1.5	15	8	36	Gur
Bird et al.67	1.5	16	2	35	Ekman
Fitzgerald et al.68	4	20	10	26	Gur
Grosbras and Paus69	1.5	20	10	29	Videoclip
Somerville et al.70	1.5	16	9	19	Emotional
Britton et al.71	3	12	6	22	Gur
Holt et al.72	1.5	16	0	48	Ekman
Taylor et al.73	3	30	18	(18–36)	Emotional
Batut et al.74	2	15	9	34	Emotional
Wright et al.75	1.5	18	12	24	Emotional
Sambataro et al.76	3	24	13	27	Ekman
Pessoa et al.77	1.5	37	18	28	Ekman
Williams et al.78	1.5	13	6	35	Gur
Dapretto et al.79	3	9	0	12	Emotional
Wright and Liu80	3	12	6	29	Ekman
2005
Fischer et al.9	1.5	24	12	25	Ekman
Shin et al.81	1.5	13	0	50	Ekman
Noesselt et al.82	3	12	5	23	Emotional
Straube et al.83	1.5	9	5	23	Emotional
Williams et al.84	3	13	9	28	Ekman
Strauss et al.85	1.5	8	0	27	Ekman
Cools et al.86	3	12	0	24	Ekman
Habel et al.87	1.5	26	0	33	Emotional
Reinders et al.88	1.5	15	8	26	Ekman
Moriguchi et al.89	1.5	16	10	29	Emotional
2004
Cannistraro et al.90	1.5	10	6	25	Ekman
Lennox et al.91	3	12	6	33	Ekman
Singer et al.92	1.5	11	5	26	Emotional
Williams et al.93	1.5	22	8	27	Ekman
Phillips et al.94	1.5	8	0	32	Ekman
Vuilleumier et al.95	2	13	6	36	Emotional
Straube et al.96	1.5	10	6	23	Emotional
Glascher et al.97	1.5	13	8	26	Ekman
Nomura et al.98	3	9	5	24	Ekman
Schroeder et al.99	1.5	20	10	33	Ekman
Somerville et al.100	3	16	8	25	Ekman
Etkin et al.101	1.5	26	13	26	Ekman
McClure et al.15	3	34	16	26	Ekman
Bishop et al.102	3	27	20	28	Ekman
2003
Surguladze et al.103	1.5	9	4	40	Ekman
Killgore et al.104	1.5	12	12	24	Emotional
Bradley et al.105	3	18	0	19	Emotional
Yang et al.106	3	12	6	16	Emotional
Wright et al.107	1.5	10	6	29	Ekman
Wicker et al.108	3	14	0	24	Videoclip
Nelson et al.109	3	34	16	22	Ekman
Schwartz et al.110	1.5	8	4	22	Gur
Wright et al.111	1.5	10	5	27	Gur
Lange et al.112	1.5	9	0	29	Ekman
Phillips et al.113	1.5	8	1	32	Ekman
Wild et al.114	1.5	10	5	29	Ekman
2002
Canli et al.115	3	15	11	NR	Emotional
Yang et al.116	3	17	11	23	Emotional
Iidaka et al.11	3	24	12	25	Emotional
Gur et al.117	4	14	4	28	Gur
Gur et al.118	4	14	7	27	Emotional
Kosaka et al.119	1.5	12	6	25	Emotional
Hariri et al.120	3	12	6	28	Ekman
2001
Thomas et al.121	1.5	18	6	18	Ekman
Thomas et al.122	1.5	12	5	12	Ekman
Williams et al.123	1.5	11	0	30	Ekman
Narumoto et al.124	3	12	3	27	Ekman
Pine et al.12	1.5	16	NR	22	Ekman
Vuilleumier et al.125	2	12	6	28	Ekman
Gorno-Tempini et al.19	1.5	10	5	27	Ekman
Iidaka et al.126	3	12	6	25	Emotional
Kesler-West et al.127	1.5	21	10	22	Emotional
Whalen et al.128	3	8	4	25	Ekman
2000
Critchley et al.22	1.5	9	0	27	Ekman
Rauch et al.129	1.5	8	0	54	Ekman
1999
Phillips et al.130	1.5	5	?	30	Ekman
1998
Phillips et al.131	1.5	8	1	32	Ekman
Whalen et al.20	1.5	10	0	24	Ekman
Phillips et al.132	1.5	6	0	37	Ekman
Sprengelmeyer et al.133	2	6	4	24	Ekman
1997
Phillips et al.134	1.5	7	5	27	Ekman
1996
Breiter et al.135	1.5	10	0	27	Ekman

NR = not reported.

^*Age is reported as the mean or (range).