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Table 2 Significance level and the size of the respective activation cluster (number of voxels) for male and female (human partner > baseline; computer partner > baseline).

From: Are women better mindreaders? Sex differences in neural correlates of mentalizing detected with functional MRI

  

Coordinates

  
 

BA

x

Y

z

t-value

No. voxels

Male (human partner > baseline)

      

L Inferior Frontal Gyrus (orbital part)

L Insula

8/10

32

19

-8

10.94

47

L Middle Frontal Gyrus

8

51

17

29

10.48

63

L Middle Frontal Gyrus

8

36

47

9

9.42

46

L Superior Frontal Gyrus (medial part)

9

8

29

35

9.20

28

L Inferior Parietal Lobule

7/40

55

-44

46

8.68

93

R Angular Gyrus Gyrus

R Superior Parietal Lobule

39/40

-28

-56

47

7.80

10

R Inferior Parietal Lobule

39/40

-40

-41

35

7.75

19

L Middle Frontal Gyrus

L Precentral

8

40

18

54

7.44

27

Male (computer partner > baseline)

      

L Middle Frontal Gyrus

8

36

55

5

10.72

110

L Superior Frontal Gyrus (medial part)

L Superior Frontal Gyrus

9

8

29

35

10.50

24

R Angular Gyrus

R Inferior Parietal Lobule

39/40

-44

-41

39

9.71

45

L Inferior Frontal Gyrus (orbital part)

L Insula

L Superior Temporal Pole

11/44/45

40

23

-15

9.67

26

L Inferior Parietal Lobule

39/40

40

-56

47

8.25

122

R Middle Frontal Gyrus (orbital part)

8/10

-40

50

-13

7.96

78

R Middle Frontal Gyrus

8

-40

54

-3

7.89

10

L Superior Parietal Lobule

7

28

-71

55

7.53

30

Female (human partner > baseline)

      

L Inferior Parietal Lobule

39/40

48

-45

28

8.87

83

L Supplementary Motor Area

L Superior Frontal Gyrus (medial part)

6/10

0

25

39

8.17

14

Female (computer partner > baseline)

      

L Middle Frontal Gyrus

8

48

37

31

10.22

23

L Inferior Parietal Gyrus

39/40

51

-44

43

8.94

97

  1. Only clusters of at least 10 voxels are shown (uncorrected for multiple comparisons at p < .0001).