Table 3.
Between-Group Comparisons of BOLD Activation/Deactivation in response to Phobia-related relative to Neutral words
| MNI Coordinates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A priori Regions of Interest | x | y | z | Z-score | k |
| ACTIVATION (Phobia-Related > Neutral Words) | |||||
| Specific Animal Phobics>Healthy Controls | |||||
| Rostral Anterior Cingulate/Dorsomedial prefrontal Cortex BA32/BA9 | 10 | 42 | 28 | 3.08 | 13 |
| Healthy Controls>Specific Animal Phobics | |||||
| R Amygdala | 30 | −2 | −22 | 2.95 | 6 |
| Posterior insula | 38 | −22 | 6 | 3.09 | 32 |
| DEACTIVATION (Neutral > Phobia-Related Words) | |||||
| Healthy Controls>Specific Animal Phobics | |||||
| Thalamus | −14 | −8 | −4 | 3.12 | 7 |
| −2 | −20 | 6 | 2.65 | ||