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. 2012 Sep 11;8(8):878–886. doi: 10.1093/scan/nss086

Table 2.

Brain activation during the self-evaluation vs lexical baseline (flexible factorial analysis; P < 0.001 uncorrected, extent threshold: five voxels; MNI coordinates)

Region Side x y z kE t
PSE > lexicala
    Superior mPFC L −3 59 16 1247 8.35*
    Inferior orbitofrontal gyrus L −50 26 −7 376 7.84*
    Posterior cingulate gyrus, precuneus L −3 −56 23 283 6.69*
    Angular gyrus L −53 −73 30 144 4.65*
 Middle temporal gyrus L −56 −13 −20 8 3.62*
L −53 −30 −10 9 3.38*
    Middle temporal pole R 36 17 −33 81 4.00*
    Hippocampus L −23 −13 −23 10 3.58*
PSE > POEb
    Dorsolateral prefrontal gyrus L −56 17 36 12 3.81
    Gyrus rectus (medial ventral frontal gyrus) R 7 23 −20 8 3.76
    Supplementary motor area R 3 23 66 19 3.57
    Parahippocampus R 16 −3 −26 10 3.80

aPSE (positive traits affirmed and negative traits rejected) vs lexical baseline.

bPSE vs POE of an intimate other person.

*Also found for P < 0.05 FDR corrected for multiple comparisons.