Table 3.
Activation while receiving electric stimulation for the contrast mindfulness > baseline for mindfulness practitioners > controls and controls > mindfulness practitioners (whole-brain corrected P < 0.05, using cluster thresholding with voxel threshold P < 0.05 and extent 41)
Structure | BA | Side | X | Y | Z | Size | t | P |
Mindfulness practitioners > controls | ||||||||
Insula | 13 | R | 45 | −19 | 13 | 1569 | 3.59 | 0.001 |
S2 | 40 | R | ||||||
Controls > mindfulness practitioners | ||||||||
Superior temporal gyrus | 39 | R | 42 | −49 | 28 | 1810 | 3.06 | 0.004 |
Cerebellar tonsil | R | 33 | −40 | −35 | 1802 | 3.15 | 0.005 | |
Middle frontal gyrus | 10 | R | 27 | 44 | 7 | 1515 | 4.03 | <0.001 |
lPFC | ||||||||
Caudate head | R | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2269 | 3.83 | <0.001 | |
Cingulate gyrus | 1 | L | −3 | −37 | 37 | 5722 | 4.35 | <0.001 |
R | ||||||||
Frontal lobe paracentral lobule | 5 | L | −3 | −40 | 55 | 3033 | 3.53 | 0.001 |
Caudate body | L | −15 | 14 | 7 | 1197 | 3.02 | 0.005 | |
Cerebellum, posterior lobule | L | −36 | −67 | −38 | 2053 | 3.25 | 0.003 | |
Middle frontal gyrus | 10 | L | −33 | 50 | 4 | 2093 | 3.87 | <0.001 |
lPFC | ||||||||
Cerebellum, culmen | L | −30 | −28 | −29 | 1197 | 3.21 | 0.003 | |
Inferior parietal lobule | 40 | L | −30 | −31 | 37 | 1610 | 4.02 | <0.001 |
Supramarginal gyrus | 40 | L | −51 | −40 | 31 | 7321 | 4.15 | <0.001 |
Note: S2 is secondary somatosensory cortex. Cluster size in mm3, coordinates, and t and P values are of peak voxels, BA: Brodman area.