Table 4.

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

Regions	BA	Interaction term [(YP > YN) > (OP > ON)]
		x	y	z	Tmax
Right anterior cingulate	24/32	3	41	1	4.76
Left medial frontal gyrus	10/32	−3	53	4	4.15
Right middle cingulate	24/31	3	−19	37	5.92
Right posterior cingulate	31	6	−37	25	5.42
		Main effect of emotion: Positive > Negative
Left precuneus	7	−9	−70	34	4.97
Left temporoparietal junction	39	−54	−64	28	6.66
Left middle cingulate	31	−3	−25	34	4.51
		Main effect of emotion: Negative > Positive
Right medial frontal gyrus	10	6	62	13	5.00
Right parahippocampus	30	9	−43	1	5.40
		Older-Negative > Older-Positive
Right anterior cingulate	32	3	41	4	4.53
Right medial frontal gyrus	10	9	62	10	4.37
Right posterior cingulate	29	6	−49	7	5.64
		Older-Positive > Older-Negative
Left temporoparietal junction	39	−54	−58	31	5.31
		Younger-Positive > Younger-Negative
Left medial frontal gyrus	10	−3	53	4	3.04
Left anterior cingulate	24/32	−6	38	16	4.68
Right middle cingulate	24	3	−22	37	6.39
Left precuneus	7	−9	−70	34	4.89
Left temporoparietal junction	39	−54	−64	28	4.20
		Younger-Negative > Younger-Positive
No significant regions

The displayed local maxima were corrected with p < 0.05, FDR; MNI coordinates; Abbreviations: BA, Brodmann's area; YP, Younger-Positive; YN, Younger-Negative; OP, Older-Positive; ON, Older-Negative.