Table 4.
Adaptation of tastant events within brain regions co-activated by gustation and interoception
Exteroceptive Adaptation (EA) | Interoceptive Adaptation (IA) | EA−IAa | ||||||
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% signal change | % signal change | % signal change | ||||||
Mean | SD | p | Mean | SD | p | t(14) | p | |
Sweet Event | ||||||||
L Dorsal Mid-Insulab | 0.55 | 0.25 | <0.001 | 0.42 | 0.31 | <0.001 | 2.56 | 0.02 |
L Ventral Insula | 0.46 | 0.29 | <0.001 | 0.35 | 0.24 | <0.001 | 1.77 | 0.10 |
R Dorsal Mid-Insula | 0.51 | 0.31 | <0.001 | 0.36 | 0.28 | <0.001 | 2.43 | 0.03 |
Neutral Event | ||||||||
L Dorsal Mid-Insula | 0.55 | 0.36 | <0.001 | 0.48 | 0.36 | <0.001 | 1.17 | 0.26 |
L Ventral Insula | 0.47 | 0.36 | <0.001 | 0.44 | 0.40 | <0.001 | 0.28 | 0.78 |
R Dorsal Mid-Insula | 0.60 | 0.37 | <0.001 | 0.50 | 0.42 | <0.001 | 1.15 | 0.27 |
t-values were computed using two-tailed paired t-tests
(A) – Anterior; (P) – Posterior