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. 2010 Aug 27;6(4):507–515. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsq077

Table 2.

Brain regions that were sensitive to warm and cold temperatures: activity contrast between warmth and coldness (Z threshold = 2.4, P < 0.05)

Region of activation Voxels X Y Z Zmax
Warm (-neutral) > Cold (-neutral)
    PCC 997 0 −34 22 4.17
    Inferior medial frontal 519 0 56 −6 3.64
Cold (-neutral) > Warm (-neutral)
    R Primary somatosensory 983 38 −20 46 3.36
    Temporal pole 422 42 −2 −18 4.59
    R Insula/Central operculum 414 38 −14 18 3.65

PCC, posterior cingulate cortex.