Table 3.

Relative increases in brain activity between older and younger adults during positive and negative autobiographical memory retrieval.

Regions	BA	Main effect of age: Older > Younger
		x	y	z	Tmax
Left inferior parietal lobule	39/40	−54	−58	31	7.92
Left precuneus	7/31	−6	−49	34	8.96
Right precuneus	7/31	3	−49	49	8.01
Right middle cingulate	31	3	−34	43	8.89
Left middle temporal gyrus	21/22	−63	−43	−11	6.47
LEFT medial frontal gyrus	10	6	59	22	5.20
		Main effect of age: Younger > Older
Right superior frontal gyrus	8	24	17	49	4.41
Left orbital gyrus	11	−3	38	−23	5.51
Left retrosplenial/posterior cingulate	29/30	−12	−61	7	7.52
Right retrosplenial/posterior cingulate	29/30	12	−52	4	6.62
Left cerebellum		−12	−52	−41	4.29
		Older-Positive > Younger-Positive
Left inferior parietal lobule	39/40	−36	−67	40	5.25
Left precuneus	7/31	−3	−49	37	7.52
Right precuneus	7/31	6	−52	46	6.49
Left middle temporal gyrus	21	−60	−46	−5	6.48
Right middle temporal gyrus	22	66	−40	−2	3.98
		Older-Negative > Younger-Negative
Left inferior parietal lobule	39/40	−45	−58	40	5.74
Left precuneus	7/31	−6	−52	34	7.14
Right precuneus	7/31	6	−52	37	4.70
Left middle temporal gyrus	21	−66	−43	−8	4.66
Right cingulate gyrus	24	3	−22	40	9.44
Left medial frontal gyrus	10/32	−3	53	13	4.97
		Younger-Positive > Older-Positive
Right middle frontal gyrus	6/8	27	20	52	4.35
Left orbital gyrus	11	−6	41	−20	6.88
Right anterior cingulate	24/32	6	32	1	3.55
Left retrosplenial/posterior cingulate	29/30	−12	−61	7	6.17
Right retrosplenial/posterior cingulate	29/30	9	−52	7	6.70
		Younger-Negative > Older-Negative
Right middle frontal gyrus	6/8	30	14	61	3.63
Left orbital gyrus	11	−6	41	−20	6.61
Left retrosplenial/posterior cingulate	29/30	−12	−58	7	6.43
Right retrosplenial/posterior cingulate	29/30	18	−52	4	5.49

The displayed local maxima were corrected with p < 0.05, FDR; MNI coordinates; Abbreviations: BA, Brodmann's area.