Table 1.

Brain regions showing higher neural activation during the flow condition than during the boredom and overload conditions, revealed by the contrast [ − B + 2F − O] at a threshold of P < 0.001 (voxel level) and P < 0.050 (cluster level, FWE-corrected)

	Brain region	BA	Number of voxels	Peak voxel (MNI space)
				x	y	z	z-score
L	Anterior insula	47	7591	−30	22	−2	7.23
L	Pre-SMA	6		−2	16	48	6.88
L	Middle frontal gyrus	8		−24	6	52	6.39
L	Middle cingulate cortex	24		−10	14	44	5.91
L	IFG, opercular part	44		−38	8	26	5.70
R	Superior frontal gyrus	8		26	6	56	5.37
L	Thalamus	–		−18	−10	0	5.33
R	Middle cingulate cortex	32		10	24	32	5.09
L	IFG, triangular part	45		−40	24	26	4.84
L	Thalamus	–		−14	−8	10	4.75
L	Caudate nucleus	–		−18	−6	24	4.31
R	Thalamus	–		12	−4	2	4.25
R	Caudate nucleus	–		16	0	24	4.11
L	Caudate nucleus	–		−16	−20	20	4.10
L	IFG, triangular part	45		−44	34	16	3.98
R	Anterior insula	47	1601	30	22	0	6.48
R	IFG, triangular part	45		40	32	24	4.94
R	Caudate nucleus	–		10	20	0	4.59
L	Caudate nucleus	–		−8	16	2	3.80
L	Superior parietal lobule	7	2298	−28	−60	46	6.42
L	Inferior parietal lobule	40		−44	−40	40	5.18
R	Midbrain	–	3116	4	−24	−12	6.24
L	Midbrain	–		−2	−24	−14	5.83
R	Cerebellum	–		30	−58	−28	5.63
R	Cerebellum	–		2	−46	−18	5.16
R	Inferior parietal lobule	40	2875	32	−50	42	6.18
R	Inferior parietal lobule	40		40	−40	40	5.16
R	Superior parietal lobule	7		26	−68	48	4.89
R	IFG, opercular part	44	257	46	8	28	4.63