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. 2015 Mar 4;40(7):1649–1658. doi: 10.1038/npp.2015.10

Table 2. Brain Areas That Positively Correlated With a Rating (On-Off) of Fearful Faces.

Correlation with fear rating
Brain region Cluster
Voxel
  k P FWE Z MNI xyz
Thalamus R 9182 0.00a 4.89 22 −34 −2
Thalamus L     4.02 −10 −18 12
Temporal occipital fusiform R     4.64 22 −52 −16
Temporal occipital fusiform L     3.89 −36 −56 −14
Hippocampus L     4.51 −24 −24 −6
Putamen     4.21 −32 −4 8
Cerebellum     4.07 −38 −50 −30
Middle temporal pole     3.99 −56 6 −26
Parahippocampal gyrus, posterior L     3.84 −28 −36 −16
Globus pallidum L     3.75 −14 −4 −4
Inferior temporal gyrus L     3.72 56 −56 −14
Frontal orbital cortex     3.45 −38 30 −12
Brain-stem     3.42 10−20 −22
Postcentral gyrus L 867 0.03a 4.48 −44 −38 60
Superior parietal lobule     2.69 −22 −46 56
Precentral gyrus R 718 0.06a 4.19 46 −4 32
Amygdala L 39 0.003b,c 3.92 −36 4 −16
Insula L 24 0.02b,c 3.47 −44 −12 6
Insula R 12 0.01b,c 3.62 32 −26−12
PAG 171 0.01b,c 3.37 12 −30 −6
b

FWE whole brain peak level.

a

FWE whole brain cluster level.

c

FWE ROI.