Table 3.

Correlation between Positive Diametric Activity (PDA) and Functional Connectivity (FC) in experienced meditators (EM)

Region	BA	Voxels	MNI (x,y,z mm)	p value*
Meditation state effects
EM Med PDA and EM FC
Default Mode Network (DMN)seeds 1 and 2
No correlation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Central Executive Networkseeds 3, 4, and 5
Inferior Frontal Gyrus	L 45	>200	–56,14,18	0.01
Superior temporal lobe	L 22	>200	–46,–16,8	0.03
Posterioir cingulate cortex	L 31	>200	–12,43,23	0.01
Inferior Parietal Lobule	L40	>200	–48,–64,50	0.02
State-to-trait effects
Δ PDA and Δ FC
Default Mode Network (DMN)seeds 1 and 2
Posterior Cingulate Cortex	L 31	>200	0,–36,34	0.02
Precuneus	L 19	>200	–35,–74,34	0.02
Limbic lobe, uncus	L 20	>200	–28,–22,–34	0.03
Central Executive Networkseeds 3, 4, and 5
Medial frontal lobe	L 6	>200	–16,–12,60	0.02
Superior temporal lobe	R 22	>200	56,2,6	0.01

ROIs 1,2,3,4 and 5 from Fig. 1Aa.

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