Table 4.
Areas of significant activation from Own Happy > Unknown Happy contrast in whole brain analyses.
| Hemisphere | Talairach coordinates | Volume (mm3) | Peak t value | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | |||||
| FRONTAL LOBE | |||||||
| Precentral gyrus (BA 4) | Right | 53 | −8 | 42 | 1909 | 8.88 | <0.000001 |
| Superior frontal gyrus (BA 6) | Right | 2 | 4 | 66 | 805 | 6.73 | <0.000001 |
| Inferior frontal gyrus (BA 13) | Left | −40 | 22 | 12 | 405 | 7.43 | <0.000001 |
| PARIETAL LOBE | |||||||
| Postcentral gyrus (BA 3) | Left | −52 | −17 | 36 | 1515 | 6.49 | <0.000001 |
| TEMPORAL LOBE | |||||||
| Superior temporal gyrus (BA 38) | Right | 35 | 10 | −24 | 2043 | 7.16 | <0.000001 |
| Superior temporal gyrus (BA 38) | Right | 44 | 4 | −15 | 398 | 5.62 | 0.000002 |
| LIMBIC LOBE / SUB-LOBAR REGIONS | |||||||
| Ventral striatum / Putamen | Right | 23 | −17 | 6 | 3515 | 7.48 | <0.000001 |
| Amygdala / Dorsal striatum / Claustrum | Left | −31 | −2 | −6 | 6120 | 7.28 | <0.000001 |
| Dorsal Caudate | Right | 11 | 10 | 9 | 349 | 6.50 | <0.000001 |
| Dorsal Putamen | Right | 29 | −8 | 9 | 480 | 5.82 | 0.000001 |
| MIDBRAIN | |||||||
| Substantia nigra / VTA region | Right | 14 | −20 | −6 | 763 | 6.35 | <0.000001 |
| Substantia nigra / VTA region | Left | −4 | −29 | −30 | 339 | 5.60 | 0.000002 |
| CEREBELLUM | |||||||
| Culmen | Right | 20 | −29 | −30 | 417 | 6.96 | <0.000001 |
FDR corrected q < 0.005, cluster threshold ≥ 300 mm3; Talairach coordinates (x, y, z) represent peak voxels in each cluster; BA, Brodmann's area; VTA, ventral tegmental area.