Table 2.

Differences in functional connectivity (FC) for the different meditation states

Region	Connectivity	BA	Voxels	MNI (x,y,z mm)	p value*
Meditation trait effects
EM rsBase > HC rsBase
Default Mode Network (DMN)
Superior Frontal Gyrus	Reduced	L 11	>1000	–16,60,26	0.01
Middle Frontal Gyrus	Reduced	L 9	>200	–26,26,32	0.01
Inferior Parietal Lobule	Reduced	L 40	>200	–38,–48,26	0.02
Superior Temporal Gyrus	Reduced	R 38	>200	48,16,–20	0.03
Central Executive Network (CEN)
No significant differences	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Meditation state effects
EM Med > EM rsBase
Default Mode Network (DMN)
No significant differences	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Central Executive Network (CEN)
Middle frontal gyrus	Increased	L 10	>200	–29,48,15	0.02
Middle frontal gyrus	Increased	R 10	>200	31,52,12	0.02
Anterior cingulate cortex	Increased	L 32	>200	4,30,24	0.02
Posterior cingulate cortex	Increased	R 31	>200	3,–31,38	0.03
Inferior Parietal Lobule	Increased	L 40	>200	–38,–46,46	0.03
State-to-trait effects
EM rsPost > EM rsBase
Default Mode Network (DMN)
No significant differences	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Central Executive Network (CEN)
Precuneus	Increased	L 23	>1000	–2,–42,28	0.02
Angular gyrus	Increased	R 39	>1000	50,–66,33	0.02

Brodmann areas (BA), number of voxels and Montreal Neurological Coordinates (MIN).

*nonparametric (1000 permutations) with height threshold p < 0.05 and cluster-size FDR-corrected p < 0.05.