Table 1.

Brain regions exhibiting significant a significant response to food vs. object pictures and taste vs. neutral tastes

Anatomical location	Peak coordinates			Peak Z	Cluster P	Volume, mm3
	X	Y	Z
Taste perception task (all tastes vs. neutral)
R cerebellum (VI)	−15	57	−17	5.58	<0.001	1,272
L dorsal mid-insula	31.8	10	16.6	5.7	<0.001	1,061
R thalamus	−11.4	17.4	2.2	5.93	<0.001	949
L cerebellum (VI)	9	54.6	−15.8	5.72	<0.001	8,445
R mid-insula	−37.8	6.6	4.6	5.32	<0.001	835
L thalamus	7.8	18.6	−0.2	5.41	<0.001	779
R postcentral gyrus	−57	15	21.4	4.58	<0.001	603
L ventral anterior insula	36.6	−7.8	−5	4.48	<0.001	353
L postcentral gyrus	55.8	10.2	17.8	4.6	<0.01	252
R putamen	−24.6	−1.8	8.2	4.37	<0.02	133
R lingual gyrus	−7.8	59.4	4.6	4.65	<0.02	131
R precentral gyrus	−59.4	−0.6	17.8	4.48	<0.02	123
R piriform cortex/amygdala	−24.6	6	−11	4.49	<0.03	98
L cuneus	3	61.8	10.6	3.98	<0.05	85
R dorsal anterior insula	−36.6	−9	9.4	4.01	<0.07	71
Food pictures task (all food vs. object pictures)
Visual cortex–calcarine gyrus	−5.4	81	−7.4	5.2	<0.001	3,166
L ventral anterior insula	34.2	−13.8	−6.2	5.82	<0.001	422
L area V3B	23.4	78.6	14.2	4.6	<0.001	204
R ventral anterior insula	−37.8	−5.4	−8.6	5.23	<0.01	192
L OFC (BA11m)	25.8	−3.4	−9.8	5	<0.01	175
L dorsal mid-insula	33	7.8	13	4.56	<0.03	135
R area V3CD	−28.2	79.8	16.6	4.12	<0.04	114
R mid-insula	−37.8	5.4	7	6.65	<0.10	60