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. 2015 Mar;108:265–273. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.065

Table 2.

Sources of correlations between local clustering during meditation and MAAS scores, (A) excluding and (B) including source correlations between degree during meditation and MAAS.

Sources of local clustering correlating with MAAS
(A) Excluding correlations between degrees and MAAS
Anatomical structure Side Brodmann area MNI: X, Y, Z r-Value
Paracentral lobule R BA 5, 6, 31 10, − 30, 50 0.93
L BA 6 − 8, − 28, 54 0.83
Middle temporal gyrus R BA 21 52, − 28, − 6 0.85
L BA 37 − 50, − 50, − 10 0.79
Medial dorsal nucleus R 12, − 20, 10 0.86
Pulvinar nucleus R 12, − 26, 10 0.85
Insula R BA 13 38, − 20, 10 0.81
Superior parietal lobule R BA 7 30, − 56, 58 0.89
Precuneus R BA 7 30, − 50, 52 0.9
Lingual gyrus L BA 18 − 10, − 90, − 20 0.77



(B) Including sources of reduced degrees
Region Side Brodmann area MNI: X, Y, Z r-Value

Thalamus 0, − 10, 10 0.93
Cingulate gyrus L BA 23 − 10, − 14, 28 0.86
R BA 23 6, − 14, 28 0.85
Cuneus L BA 18 − 10, − 80, 20 0.84
Pyramis/tuber R 38, − 68, − 38 0.77