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. 2010 Apr 12;6(2):165–176. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsq030

Table 2.

Regions of activation associated with cognitive reappraisal or emotional experience

Positive
Negative
Region BA x y z Max Z BA x y z Max Z
Group activations for main effects of condition
Reappraise > experience
    Middle frontal gyrus R9 40 44 30 4.04 L6, 8, 9 38 20 44 4.09
    Middle frontal gyrus L46, 9 −46 26 22 5.18
    Superior frontal gyrus L8 −12 40 46 3.65
    Superior frontal gyrus L8 0 24 50 5.75 L6 −6 16 58 4.08
    Insula L47 −38 22 −4 4.51
    Insula R47 40 20 −4 3.91 R13 46 16 6 4.28
    Precentral gyrus R9 42 22 36 5.59 R44 48 14 0 3.76
    Precentral gyrus L44 −54 20 2 5.28
    Inferior frontal gyrus L45 −56 20 2 4.70 L47, 13 −39 20 −3 4.41
    Inferior frontal gyrus R45 44 18 4 4.02 R47 41 20 −4 3.38
    Middle frontal gyrus L6 −42 14 46 5.55 L6 −42 12 50 4.86
    Middle frontal gyrus R6 48 10 50 4.08
    Cingulate gyrus L23 −2 −8 24 3.14
    Cingulate gyrus R31 0 −32 36 2.89
    Cingulate gyrus L23, 31 −6 −34 24 3.36
    Middle temporal gyrus L21, 37 −62 −46 −2 4.46 L39 −38 −62 30 3.58
    Middle temporal gyrus R39 58 −64 26 3.58
    Supramarginal gyrus R40 60 −52 34 5.70
    Inferior temporal gyrus L37 −64 −56 −10 4.23
    Angular gyrus B39 −42 −58 44 5.89 B39, 40 50 −60 42 3.68
    Superior temporal gyrus L39 −52 −60 26 4.43 B39 −52 −60 34 3.74
    Inferior parietal lobule L7 −40 −62 54 4.21 B40 62 −52 40 3.69
    Superior parietal lobule L7 −38 −68 54 4.62
    Precuneus L31, 7 −6 −72 32 4.29 L39, 19 −40 −66 42 4.55
Experience > Reappraise
    Medial frontal cortex L10, 9 −8 56 2 5.35
    Medial frontal cortex R10 4 56 −6 4.72 R25 14 8 −26 3.18
    Medial frontal cortex L32 −4 44 −6 4.71
    Inferior frontal gyrus L47 −20 10 −28 3.91
    Putamen R 26 0 −16 3.83
    Cingulate gyrus L24 −4 −2 36 4.42
    Cingulate gyrus R24 4 −4 42 3.88
    Para-central lobule L31 −6 −6 46 4.84
    Globus pallidus B −24 −6 −8 4.08
    Amygdala B −22 −8 −20 3.20 B −19 −2 −18 3.90
    Pre-central gyrus R4 34 −18 62 3.61
    Cingulate gyrus L31 −10 −20 36 3.41
    Post-central gyrus R40 −64 −20 20 4.1
    Caudate R 20 −22 28 4.32 L −4 6 −6 3.89
    Post-central gyrus B2 −46 −22 28 5.03 B2 48 −22 26 4.27
    Insula R41, 13 50 −24 14 4.11 R13 38 −20 24 3.56
    Inferior parietal lobule L2 −44 −26 34 4.56 L40 −56 −24 26 4.29
    Insula L13 −48 −28 24 4.13 L13 −40 −22 22 3.27
    Cingulate gyrus R31 26 −36 26 4.02
    Cuneus R17 16 −88 12 3.8 R18 28 −100 8 4.09
    Middle occipital gyrus R18 32 −90 2 4.08 R19, 18 34 −94 22 3.87
    Inferior occipital gyrus R18 24 −96 −6 4.11 L19 −36 −80 4 4.16
    Lingual gyrus R17, 18 24 −96 8 4.66 R17 22 −92 10 3.69

BA, estimated Brodmann’s Area; L, left; R, right; B, bilateral; x, y, z, coordinates of peak voxel, shown in MNI space; Max Z, z-statistic of peak voxel.