Table II.

Brain regions showing amplitude effects when subjects (n = 34) perceived Fearful versus Neutral bodily expressions and fear‐related areas differently activated between groups with high and low alexithymia

Brain regions	MNI coordinates			Z score	Nb of voxels
	x	y	z
All
L Inferior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis (BA47)	−34	30	2	4.58	45
R Inferior frontal gyrus, pars triangularis (BA45)	52	28	0	6.18	453
L Inferior frontal gyrus, pars triangularis (BA45)	−48	24	−6	4.58	45
R Inferior frontal gyrus, pars opercularis (BA44)	54	16	20	3.61	21
L Inferior frontal gyrus, pars opercularis (BA44)	−48	14	18	4.63	388
L Supplementary motor area	−6	−20	54	5.17	217
R Supplementary motor area	6	−10	70	3.74	17
L Premotor cortex	−48	−12	54	4.76	55
R Premotor cortex	58	−2	44	4.11	86
R Middle temporal gyrus	62	42	−2	6.11	2253
R Superior temporal sulcus	52	−28	−10	5.92
R Temporoparietal junction	58	−42	16	5.63
R Temporal pole	48	0	−34	4.49
L Superior temporal sulcus	−60	−52	12	5.35	1461
L Temporoparietal junction	−56	−50	26	4.24
L Linual gyrus	−20	−98	−14	5.71	214
Brain stem	6	−20	−10	5.43	155
L caudate nucleus	−6	6	6	3.80	20
R Amygdala/hippocampus	18	−6	−24	3.59	11
L Amygdala	−28	0	−26	3.57	13
HA > LA
R Anterior cingulate cortex (BA32)	6	34	24	4.05	27
R Cuneus	16	−64	32	3.95	17
LA > HA
L Inferior Parietal Lobule (BA40)	−56	−44	46	4.24	25
L Precuneus (BA7)	−12	−68	64	4.21	54
L Superior Parietal Lobule	−28	−58	52	4.16	18
R Premotor cortex (BA6)	18	0	70	3.57	11
R Middle temporal gyrus	48	−38	−6	3.46	22

Height and extent threshold: P < 0.001 uncorrected and k = 10 voxels.