Table 4.

Areas of significant change in BOLD signal in response to angry and neutral facial expressions in the MBSR and the SME groups in exploratory whole brain analyses.

Brain region of maximum	Cluster-wise p	Size (mm2)	Max (Z)	MNI-x	MNI-y	MNI-z
MBSR group
Neutral facial expressions
Right fusiform gyrus	0.01671	537	− 3.26	34	− 45	− 19
Angry facial expressions
Right precuneus	0.03058	498	3.19	9	− 49	45
Left lateral occipital	0.02440	496	− 3.96	− 43	− 75	− 10
SME group
Neutral facial expressions
Right superior temporal	0.02115	431	− 3.83	55	− 31	2
Left banks superior temporal sulcus	0.00030	1010	− 3.71	− 57	− 46	− 2
Left pars opercularis	0.00060	657	− 3.20	− 36	10	24
Left pars opercularis	0.00927	462	− 3.76	− 50	19	12
Angry facial expressions	No significant clusters