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. 2019 Oct 1;116(42):21213–21218. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1902376116

Table 2.

Quantitative analysis of the attention map per brain region. Mean and fifth quintiles (lower boundary) of attention map intensity per brain region are listed. Brain regions are grouped by lobes

Brain region Size (voxels) Attention map intensity
Mean Fifth quartile
Temporal lobe
 Amygdala 4,398 0.71 0.98
 Hippocampus 6,687 0.61 0.80
 Anterior temporal lobe medial part 22,842 0.54 0.78
 Superior temporal gyrus, anterior part 14,369 0.54 0.74
 Lateral occipitotemporal gyrus (gyrus fusiformis) 12,908 0.53 0.62
 Posterior temporal lobe 143,237 0.52 0.68
 Superior temporal gyrus, central part 42,794 0.52 0.68
 Gyri parahippocampalis and ambiens 13,767 0.51 0.63
 Medial and inferior temporal gyri 55,102 0.50 0.68
 Anterior temporal lobe lateral part 11,999 0.49 0.65
Insula and cingulate gyri
 Cingulate gyrus anterior part (supragenual) 24,751 0.53 0.63
 Cingulate gyrus posterior part 24,235 0.52 0.64
Insula 44,328 0.51 0.64
 Frontal lobe
 Subcallosal area 788 0.70 0.98
 Posterior orbital gyrus 15,061 0.54 0.72
 Straight gyrus (gyrus rectus) 11,826 0.54 0.67
 Inferior frontal gyrus 55,754 0.53 0.72
 Superior frontal gyrus 166,766 0.52 0.77
 Precentral gyrus 106,145 0.52 0.77
 Medial orbital gyrus 18,554 0.52 0.77
 Presubgenual anterior cingulate gyrus 2,451 0.52 0.61
 Middle frontal gyrus 161,999 0.51 0.74
 Anterior orbital gyrus 19,514 0.51 0.73
 Lateral orbital gyrus 11,112 0.51 0.77
 Subgenual anterior cingulate gyrus 4,287 0.50 0.71
Occipital lobe
 Cuneus 28,209 0.57 0.67
 Lingual gyrus 36,627 0.55 0.65
 Lateral remainder of occipital lobe 131,852 0.54 0.73
Parietal lobe
 Superior parietal gyrus 130,908 0.54 0.74
 Remainder of parietal lobe (including supramarginal and angular gyri) 131,972 0.52 0.75
 Postcentral gyrus 89,087 0.52 0.74
Central structures
 Nucleus accumbens 888 0.89 0.99
 Thalamus 20,953 0.61 0.79
 Putamen 14,502 0.60 0.74
 Pallidum (globus pallidus) 3,835 0.58 0.69
 Caudate nucleus 12,229 0.56 0.67