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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Nov 29.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Lang. 2006 May 12;98(1):102–111. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.04.002

Table 4.

Multiple regressions demonstrating the relation between language laterality and the planum temporale asymmetry measures (PTA and PTPPA, respectively) after controlling for handedness, brain volume, age, and image section thickness

Standardized β t Sig.
Level 1 (r = .01, F = 0.13, ns)
 PTA  .04   .36 ns
Level 2 (r = .44, F = 3.66, p < .01)
 PTA  .03   .33 ns
 Handedness  .39  3.84 ***
 Brain volume −.32 −2.41 *
 Age −.09  −.98 ns
 Sex −.15 −1.17 ns
 Section thickness −.02  −.17 ns
Level 1(r = .05, F = 0.20, ns)
 PTPPA −.05  −.45 ns
Level 2 (r = .44, F = 3.73, p < .01)
 PTPPA −.06  −.66 ns
 Handedness  .40  3.88 ***
 Brain volume −.31 −2.35 *
 Age −.11 −1.14 ns
 Sex −.15 −1.16 ns
 Section thickness −.02  −.23 ns

ns, non-significant.

*

p < .05.

***

p < .001.