Table 3. Changes in BOLD Responses From Pre- to Post-MBSR for Breath-Focused Attention Versus React Negative Self-Beliefs.
| Brain region | Talairach coordinates x y z |
% Signal change |
Vol (mm3) | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post-MBSR > Baseline | ||||
| Breath > React | ||||
| Temporal cortex | ||||
| R parahippocampal gyrus 7 | 28 −51 1 | .41 | 163 | 3.36 |
| Parietal cortex | ||||
| L inferior parietal lobule 3 | −38 −44 56 | .40 | 651 | 3.78 |
| R inferior parietal lobule 11 | 55 −34 53 | .66 | 163 | 3.32 |
| L superior parietal lobule 4 | −28 −65 46 | .61 | 366 | 3.45 |
| Precentral gyrus 5 | −31 −24 70 | .32 | 366 | 3.77 |
| Occipital cortex | ||||
| Medial cuneus 1 | 0 −79 22 | .37 | 2,646 | 4.01 |
| L cuneus 8 | −17 −75 8 | .67 | 163 | 4.29 |
| R cuneus 10 | 28 −85 32 | .26 | 163 | 3.51 |
| R middle occipital gyrus 2 | 28 − 61 8 | .64 | 1,017 | 3.22 |
| R precuneus 6 | 17 −85 39 | .39 | 326 | 3.48 |
| R precuneus 9 | 14 −68 36 | .37 | 163 | 3.39 |
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| React > Breath | ||||
| None | ||||
Note. BOLD = blood oxygen dependent; L = left; MBSR = mindfulness-based stress reduction; PFC = prefrontal cortex; Vol = volume. t-value threshold ≥ 3.21, df = 13, voxel p < .005, minimum cluster volume threshold ≥ 163 mm3 (4 voxels × 3.438 mm3), cluster p < .01.