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. 2011 Jul 15;11(1):233–245. doi: 10.1007/s12311-011-0301-2

Table 5.

Positive emotional faces vs neutral faces: areas of activation in the mirror neurons experiment with cluster size, T values of the local maximum, Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) coordinates, the anatomical areas within a cluster, the percentage of the cluster size and the functional area

Positive emotional faces vs neutral faces
Cluster size T value MNI coordinate (mm) Anatomic area Side Functional area
x y z
47 6.6 −42 −66 −34 Cerebellum crus 1 L Cerebellum
46 7.84 42 −72 −32 Cerebellum crus 1 R Cerebellum
89 6.6 −14 −70 −22 Cerebellum VI L Cerebellum
145 7.84 18 −68 −24 Cerebellum VI R Cerebellum
9 3.77 −24 −2 −22 Amygdala L MN system
55 4.17 26 0 −22 Amygdala R MN system
39 4.28 −40 −22 −2 Insula L MN system
158 5.67 4 −24 62 Precentral gyrus R MN system
9 5.67 −14 −42 66 Postcentral gyrus R MN system
31 3.88 14 −16 70 Supplementary motor area R MN system
160 6.6 −56 −8 −8 Superior temporal gyrus L MN system
613 7.84 52 −8 −8 Superior temporal gyrus R MN system
48 5.67 32 10 56 Middle frontal gyrus R MN system
18 4.72 −26 −16 −20 Hippocampus L
88 4.17 28 −14 −20 Hippocampus R
45 4.72 −26 −36 −16 Parahippocampal gyrus L
19 4.17 22 −36 −14 Parahippocampal gyrus R
25 6.6 −54 −48 30 Supramarginal L
1,077 6.6 −58 −8 −20 Middle temporal gyrus L
54 4.92 54 −10 −20 Middle temporal gyrus R
46 6.6 −44 −4 −28 Inferior temporal gyrus L
444 7.84 42 4 −38 Inferior temporal gyrus R
23 3.77 −34 8 −32 Superior temporal pole L
7 4.17 36 −4 −32 Superior temporal pole R
28 4.28 −40 6 −16 Middle temporal pole L
125 4.92 46 12 −36 Middle temporal pole R
35 7.84 8 −80 8 Calcarine R
13 7.84 0 −80 26 Cuneus R
304 6.6 −18 −80 −12 Fusiform L
377 7.84 24 −80 −12 Fusiform R
13 7.84 8 −82 −6 Lingual R
65 7.84 30 −70 38 Superior Occipital gyrus R
743 6.6 −38 −100 −23 Middle occipital gyrus L
388 7.84 20 −104 0 Middle occipital gyrus R
275 6.6 −46 −70 4 Inferior occipital gyrus L
441 7.84 38 −72 4 Inferior occipital gyrus R
10 3.89 −12 60 34 Superior frontal gyrus L