Table 3.

Gustatory responses during the GM task within interoception-specific regions of the brain

Brain Region	Sweet Tastant			Neutral Tastant			Sweet-Neutrala
	% signal change			% signal change			% signal change
Interoception > Exteroception	Mean(SD)	t	p	Mean(SD)	t	p	t(14)	p
L Dorsal Mid-Insula	0.49(0.29)	6.60	<0.001	0.39(0.24)	6.24	<0.001	2.63	<0.02
L Ventral Insula	0.48(0.32)	5.79	<0.001	0.35(0.18)	7.65	<0.001	2.11	<0.05
R Dorsal Mid-Insula	0.69(0.51)	5.24	<0.001	0.54(0.33)	6.27	<0.001	2.18	<0.05
R Anterior Cingulate	−0.07(0.09)	−3.03	0.01	−0.05(0.10)	−1.97	0.07	−1.22	0.24
L Anterior Cingulate	0.00(0.11)	−0.13	0.89	−0.04(0.09)	−1.55	0.14	1.06	0.31

^at-values were computed using paired t-tests