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. 2015 May 4;10(11):1596–1606. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv045

Table 2.

Brain activation associated with each contrast and effects of poverty

Region Side Z kE x Y z
Emotional processing—male/female—face only contrast
  dmPFC/dACC (BA6/8/9/32) L/R >8 3560 −4 16 50
  Inferior/middle frontal gyrus/precentral gyrus/anterior insula L >8 2571 −30 26 2
R >8 2612 34 24 6
  Fusiform L >8 614 −40 −61 −12
R >8 935 31 −68 −10
  Thalamus L/R >8 1139 −10 −16 10
  Calcarine/occipital/lingual L/R >8 7290 36 −88 8
  Middle frontal gyrus (BA10) L 5.85 59 −32 52 18
  Cingulate gyrus (BA24) L/R 5.61 53 6 10 30
 Fear—neutral
  Amygdala L 2.99 5a −18 0 −18
Modulation by attention: indoor/outdoor—male/female contrast
  Parahippocampus/hippocampus/fusiform L >8 1402 −28 −40 −12
R >8 1256 32 −38 −12
  Occipital/parietal/angular/precuneus gyrus L >8 1573 −34 −86 28
R >8 1243 44 −78 30
  Cuneus/lingual/precuneus/calcarine/PCC L/R 7.76 1674 20 −54 18
  Middle/superior frontal gyrus (BA6/8) L 6.06 303 −26 14 56
  PCC L/R 5.72 346 8 −36 42
  Inferior/middle temoral gyrus L 5.25 45 −56 −56 −8
R 5.05 17 60 −48 −8
Modulation by appraisal: like/dislike—male/female contrast
  Inferior frontal gyrus (BA45/46/47) L 7.38 749 −50 28 8
  mPFC (BA10/8/6)/DLPFC (BA9) L 6.6 1569 −8 34 58
  Middle temporal/inferior parietal/angular gyrus (BA39/40) L 6.31 691 −44 −58 28
  Middle temporal gyrus (BA21/22) L 6.3 401 −54 −38 0
  dmPFC (BA6/8) R 6.23 102 14 30 60
  Middle frontal gyrus (BA8) L 5.94 226 −38 18 52
  Parahippocampus/fusiform gyrus L 5.61 174 −28 −42 −10
R 5.09 55 32 −38 −12
  Superior frontal gyrus (BA9) R 5.3 59 16 58 32
Effects of childhood poverty (group comparison & regression income-to-need age 9)
 During cognitive appraisal L 4.24 240 −56 12 36
  Childhood poverty as continuous variable
   DLPFC (BA9) (positive correlation with income)
  Childhood poverty as categorical variable
   No areas
In interaction with stress induction (stress > non-stress)
Childhood poverty as continuous variable
  No areas
Childhood poverty as categorical variable
  During appraisal
   Hippocampus (non-poverty > poverty) L 3.86 157a −24 −32 −8
  During emotion processing
   Insula (poverty > non-poverty) L 3.55 2a −36 −4 −2

Note: BA, Brodmann area; L, Left; R, Right; Z, Z value of the peak activation within the cluster; kE, cluster size (voxels);

a Indicates corrected with a priori mask; Coordinates for the peak voxel are listed as MNI coordinates.