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Table 3 Between-group differential BOLD responses for React versus Asterisks in 27 patients with SAD versus 27 HC

Brain regions	x y z	Vol (mm³)	t-value
Faces
SAD > HC
Medial Frontal Gyrus	0, 62, 8	2235	4.4
Superior Medial Frontal Gyrus	0, 52, 36	447	3.2
Left Medial Frontal Gyrus	−7, 59, -2	244	3.33
	−14, 52, 1	203	3.21
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus	−28, 52, 5	162	3.12
	−28, 49, 12	284	3.11
Left Middle Temporal Gyrus	−52, 14, -12	325	3.6
Right Superior Temporal Gyrus	52, -61, 19	406	3.03
Criticism
SAD > HC
Left Lingual Gyrus	−24, -75, -9	244	3.13
	−17, -82, 5	162	2.96
Left Middle Temporal Gyrus	−52, 0, -16	203	3.45
Right Middle Temporal Gyrus	48, -10, -16	203	3.71
Right Parahippocampus	14, -10, -16	162	3.23
Beliefs
SAD > HC - none
HC > SAD
Right Middle Frontal Gyrus	52, 38, 36	244	3.19
Left Superior Temporal Gyrus	−69, -27, 12	162	3.46

Note. t-value threshold ≥ 2.932, voxel P < 0.005, minimum cluster volume threshold ≥162 mm³ (4 voxels x 3.438 mm³), cluster P < 0.01.
BA = Brodmann area, xyz = Talairach and Tournoux coordinates of maximum BOLD signal intensity voxel.

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