Table 1.
Mean sum % change in signal intensity (and number of activated voxels) and Talairach coordinates of activation in each ROI condition
| Type of utterance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROI | Literal | Ironic | Metaphor | x | y | z |
| Left hemisphere language-related areas | ||||||
| Left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) | 17.8 (9.6) | 21.0 (10.3) | 30.5 (16.8) | −43 | 17 | 19 |
| Left superior and middle temporal gyri (LT) | 17.3 (10.5) | 20.2 (12.0) | 22.3 (14.3) | −54 | −25 | 8 |
| Left inferior parietal lobule (LIPL) | 30.7 (15.7} | 32.0 (16.9) | 28.6(15.9) | −48 | −46 | 28 |
| Left inferior temporal cortex (LIT) | 6.4 (4.0) | 6.7 (4.2) | 9.5 (5.9) | −49 | −52 | 7 |
| Left inferior extrastriate (LIES) | 23.7 (11.1) | 26.4 (12.5) | 32.5 (14.9) | −25 | −74 | 4 |
| Left hemisphere executive/frontal areas | ||||||
| Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (LDLPFC) | 10.9 (5.6) | 12.6 (6.7) | 13.4 (7.8) | −32 | 23 | 37 |
| Left frontal eye fields (LFEF) | 11.1 (6.1) | 10.8 (5.9) | 11.3 (6.2) | −39 | 5 | 43 |
| Left hemisphere spatial area | ||||||
| Left intraparietal sulcus (LIPS) | 8.9 (4.9) | 4.4 (2.4) | 9.8 (5.7) | −27 | −54 | 52 |
| Right hemisphere language-related areas | ||||||
| Right inferior frontal gyrus (RIFG) | 5.2 (3.1) | 7.8 (3.7) | 7.8 (4.4) | 46 | 19 | 14 |
| Right superior and middle temporal gyri (RT) | 4.9 (3.4) | 8.3 (5.3) | 6.0 (4.1) | 51 | −26 | 5 |
| Right inferior parietal lobule (RIPL) | 5.7 (3.2) | 6.0(3.5) | 3.2 (2.1) | 50 | −45 | 29 |
| Right inferior temporal gyrus (RIT) | .7 (.5) | .7 (.5) | 2.4 (1.6) | 43 | −59 | 2 |
| Right inferior extrastriate (RIES) | 13.3 (7.1) | 13.1 (6.6) | 15.8 (8.5) | 21 | −77 | 5 |
| Right hemisphere executive/frontal areas | ||||||
| Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (RDLPFC) | 6.6 (3.4) | 6.2 (3.1) | 3.5 (2.3) | 35 | 25 | 31 |
| Right frontal eye fields (RFEF) | 4.3 (2.1) | 2.6 (1.3) | 3.6 (2.1) | 43 | 12 | 36 |
| Right hemisphere spatial area | ||||||
| Right intraparietal sulcus (RIPS) | 4.4 (2.5) | 2.1 (1.0) | 3.5 (2.0) | 32 | −57 | 47 |
| Unlateralized ROIs | ||||||
| Occipital pole (OP) | 20.8 (8.3) | 17.6 (7.2) | 24.9 (9.8) | 2 | −89 | 15 |
| Calcarine cortex (CALC) | 17.8 (8.9) | 13.7 (6.6) | 24.9 (8.2) | 4 | −71 | 19 |
| Superior medial frontal paracingulate (SMFP) | 17.7 (9.2) | 19.6 (10.6) | 15.9 (9.2) | 0 | 27 | 47 |
The regions containing significantly different amounts of activation are shaded.
a
Centroids (centers of mass) of activation in each ROI are group averages of individual participants’ centroids which were morphed into Talairach space. The centroids are presented for only the metaphor condition because they were similar in the other conditions.