Table 2.

Comparison of neural activations between touch condition vs baseline and between specific touch conditions.

	Condition	Cluster size	T value	MNI coordinates x y z			FWE corrected p value: peak level
	Interpersonal Touch, c-tactile targeted
Activation in touch conditions vs Baseline	R SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	1978	12.31	49	−28	26	<0.001
	L SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	1058	7.31	−57	−20	36	<0.001
	R Postcentral Gyrus (Brodmann Area 2/3b/4a/4p)	778	7.46	25	−38	60	<0.001
	Interpersonal Touch, non-c-tactile targeted
	R SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	1663	12.76	47	−30	26	<0.001
	L SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	1012	9.00	−47	−36	24	<0.001
	R Postcentral Gyrus, Brodmann Area 2/3b/4a/4p	817	10.50	33	−30	62	<0.001
	Impersonal Touch, c-tactile targeted
	R SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	815	6.97	49	−28	26	<0.001
	L SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	664	6.75	−55	−22	34	<0.001
	Impersonal Touch, non-c-tactile targeted
	R SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	654	7.16	49	−28	26	<0.001
	R Thalamus: temporal	579	5.23	−21	−44	14	<0.001
	Touch pleasantness weighted
	R SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	965	13.13	49	−28	26	<0.001
	L SII extending to Superior Temporal Gyrus	576	8.44	−59	−20	40	<0.001
	R Postcentral Gyrus	78	6.23	21	−42	62	<0.001
Compared Activations	Interpersonal Touch > Impersonal Touch
	R Brodmann Area 4a/3b/2, Postcentral Gyrus	984	7.68	31	−26	60	<0.001
	R SII	391	5.14	41	−24	20	<0.001
	Impersonal Touch > Interpersonal Touch
	No suprathreshold activation, pFWE < 0.05
	C-tactile targeted Touch > Non-c-tactile targeted Touch
	R Brodmann Area 1/2/3b, Postcentral Gyrus	435	5.31	53	−20	34	<0.001
	Non-c-tactile targeted Touch > C-tactile targeted Touch
	L Thalamus temporal, Cerebellum (Lobule IV-V)	492	5.07	3	−38	−2	<0.001
	R Brodmann Area 4a/p, Superior Parietal Lobe	376	5.02	29	−28	60	<0.001

Data was extracted from a whole-brain analysis and only activations with peak-level FWE-corrected p-value < 0.05 are reported. Regions were anatomically defined with the anatomy toolbox³³.