The Potentiation of Associative Memory by Emotions: An Event-Related FMRI Study

Table 2

Activations elicited by encoding when contrasting the emotional and neutral conditions.

Cerebral domain	BA	score	Stereotaxic coordinates			Cluster size (voxels)
			Emotional > neutral
Middle occipital gyrus (R)	19	4.54	48	−76	0	231
Postcentral gyrus (L)	3	4.51	−52	−26	58	73
Cuneus (R)	18/19	4.30	12	−88	14	150
Inferior occipital gyrus (L)	18	3.96	−38	−86	−18	25
Fusiform gyrus (R)	37	3.94	36	−52	−22	66
Posterior cingulate gyrus (L)	31	3.86	−14	−42	42	42
Inferior occipital gyrus (R)	17	3.85	28	−96	−6	43
Middle temporal gyrus (L)	19	3.81	−52	−72	14	75
Culmen		3.76	16	−66	−12	26
Superior frontal gyrus (R)	8	3.71	24	40	52	35
Entorhinal cortex (R)	28	3.65	26	−12	−32	15
Precuneus (L)	19	3.63	−2	−78	38	53
Inferior occipital gyrus (L)	18	3.62	−28	−98	−10	24
Posterior cingulate gyrus (R)	30	3.56	4	−48	18	84
Supramarginal gyrus (L)	40	3.55	−50	−46	32	19
Substantia nigra		3.55	12	−12	−8	12
Superior temporal gyrus (R)	22	3.50	54	−60	14	16
Pons (reticular formation)		3.49	−2	−28	−36	13
Precentral gyrus (L)	6	3.47	−52	6	38	27
Precuneus (R)	7	3.46	12	−58	30	41
Fusiform gyrus (R)	19	3.37	32	−78	−12	12
Pulvinar		3.32	−10	−30	12	13
Neutral > emotional
Parahippocampal gyrus (R)	36	4.28	16	−36	−16	24
Middle frontal gyrus (R)	46	4.19	32	44	16	17
Superior temporal gyrus (R)	22	3.96	50	−6	−4	22
Inferior frontal gyrus (L)	46	3.73	−34	34	12	21
Parahippocampal gyrus (R)	36	3.63	24	−42	−6	12
Posterior cingulate gyrus (R)	23	3.48	22	−32	28	13
Anterior cingulate gyrus (R)	33	3.41	10	12	22	15
Emotional ∩ neutral
Caudate nucleus (R)		4.26	22	20	18	65
Fusiform gyrus (R)	37	3.86	34	−56	−10	168
Anterior cingulate gyrus (L)	24	3.44	−20	−2	34	33
Precentral gyrus (L)	6	3.44	−48	−8	22	41
Precentral gyrus (L)	4	3.05	−22	−18	50	10
Culmen		2.85	30	−40	−28	12
Hippocampus (R)	36	2.62	32	−28	−12	10

L: left, R: right, and BA: Brodmann area.