Table 2.

Interaction between cardiac cycle and emotion

Brain area	Side	Coordinates (mm)	Voxels	t-score
Amygdala	R	32, 0, −24	36	4.3
Cluster incorporating superior temporal gyrus/amygdala	L	−26, 10, −34	156	4.6
Dorsal posterior cingulate cortex	L	−10, −42, 28	123	4.7
Occipital temporal gyrus	R	24, −26, −26	93	4.6
Angular gyrus	L	−34, −54, 40	91	4.4
Supplementary motor area	R	4, −26, 58	66	4.3
Middle cingulate cortex incorporating anterior cingulate	L	−8, −6, 30	36	4.2
Temporal parietal junction	R	40, −46, 20	33	4.2
Precentral gyrus	R	40, −10, 30	42	3.8
Precentral gyrus	R	56, −2, 30	97	3.8
Superior frontal gyrus (medial)	R	12, 28, 48	60	3.8
Anterior insula	R	28, 8, 12	46	3.8
Middle insula	R	32, 0, 14		3.2
Cuneus	L	−4, −78, 20	62	3.7
Superior frontal gyrus (anterior)	L	−14, 62, 28	41	3.6
Temporal pole	R	30, 16, −26	97	3.6
Inferior frontal gyrus pars orbitalis	L	−38, 50, −12	57	3.6
Supplementary motor area	R	2, 0, 52	35	3.4
Middle frontal gyrus (anterior)	L	−40, 52, 18	34	3.4

Shown is the interaction effect of cardiac timing on emotion (fear systole > neutral systole vs fear diastole > neutral diastole).