Sl. No.
Activation Area
Brodmann Area
L/Ra
TalaraichCoordinatesb(mm)
t-test
X
Y
Z
p - valueb (uncorrected)
Bonferroni corrected
1
Right middle temporal cortex (rMTC)
37
R
66
-54
0
p <0.000002
p <0.049
2
Right inferior frontal cortex (rIFC)
44, 45 and 47
R
-48
14
18
p <0.000002
p <0.049
3
Left lateral orbital gyrus (LOG)
11
L
6
42
-21
p <0.000002
p <0.049
a
Left or Right Hemisphere
b
From the atlas of Talairach and Tournoux (1988)
Table 2:
Areas of Activation and Talairach Coordinates in the Comparison Between Random Thinking and Pure Meditation