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Figure 3

From: Activity in the primary somatosensory cortex induced by reflexological stimulation is unaffected by pseudo-information: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Figure 3

Cortical areas showing common activation foci under the four conditions and activation plots. Detailed legend: Results of second-level analysis showing common activation foci under the four conditions [L(correct) + L(pseudo) + R(correct) + R(pseudo)] superimposed on axial sections of the MNI single-subject template. Crosshairs show the activation focus peak position on the (A) left and (B) right paracentral lobules and the (C) left middle part of the postcentral gyrus. Crosshairs at (D), (E), and (F) show the center point of each designated ROI. The statistical threshold was set at p < 0.05, corrected for family-wise error. Plots show an average time series of percent signal changes across subjects on the (A) left and (B) right paracentral lobules and the (C) left middle part of the postcentral gyrus. Plot (D) shows an average time series of percent signal change across subjects on the contralateral coordination (C). Plots (E) and (F) indicate each average time series of percent signal changes across subjects on the bilateral shoulder representation in SI determined by the location obtained from stimulation of the shoulder reflex area in our previous study [14] and its contralateral coordination. The horizontal axis represents time elapsed from the onset of each condition. The error bars show the standard error of the mean.

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