Table 2.
Stereotactic locations of significant activations for rapid nonspeech analogues compared to slow nonspeech analogues for each group and the differences between groups
Group/region | Voxels, no. | BA | X | Y | Z | P value | Max Z |
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Normal readers | |||||||
L middle/superior frontal gyri | 247 | 46/10/9 | −28 | 38 | 28 | 0.004 | 2.62 |
R middle temporal gyrus | 146 | 39 | 50 | −62 | 28 | 0.001 | 3.19 |
Bi cingulate gyrus | 116 | 23 | −6 | −26 | 28 | 0.004 | 2.78 |
R medial frontal gyrus | 85 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 60 | 0.001 | 3.26 |
R middle/superior temporal gyri | 65 | 21/38 | 40 | −8 | −12 | 0.003 | 2.78 |
Dyslexic readers | |||||||
Bi cingulate gyrus | 1519 | 31 | −4 | −34 | 36 | 0.001 | 2.83 |
Bi anterior cingulate gyrus | 408 | 24 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0.003 | 2.76 |
R middle temporal gyrus | 333 | 21 | 58 | −48 | 8 | 0.002 | 2.96 |
R cerebellum | 239 | N/A | 22 | −60 | −28 | 0.004 | 2.68 |
L cerebellum | 229 | N/A | −16 | −40 | −28 | 0.000 | 3.38 |
L middle temporal gyrus/ | 81 | 21 | −50 | −2 | −16 | 0.000 | 3.63 |
anterior temporal pole | 21/38 | −56 | 0 | −32 | 3.30 | ||
medial cerebellum | 55 | N/A | −2 | −72 | −44 | 0.000 | 3.67 |
Group difference | |||||||
L middle/superior frontal gyri | 129 | 46/10/9 | −36 | 20 | 32 | 0.002 | 2.87 |
R cerebellum (posterior lobe) | 63 | N/A | 40 | −78 | −40 | 0.002 | 2.95 |
XYZ coordinates refer to the number of millimeters from AC (anterior commissive) by using MNI standard brain coordinates. BA, putative Brodmann area; L, left; R, right; Bi, bilateral; N/A, not applicable.