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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2008 Feb 19;1204:102–111. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.01.105

Table 1.

Brain areas activated by the covert and overt shift of attention tasks.

Brain area Covert attention task Overt attention task
R superior frontal 24 −3 60 (4.41)
24 9 63 (4.10)
L superior frontal −21 0 66 (4.07) −21 −9 60 (4.54)
−21 −9 66 (3.51)
R medial frontal 36 3 60 (3.82) 36 −3 60 (4.79)
45 3 54 (4.34)
42 33 42 (3.20)
33 39 39 (2.97)
L medial frontal −42 36 36 (3.36)
R precentral 30 −3 51 (4.31)
L precentral −39 0 57 (4.36)
L suppl. motor area −15 0 66 (3.54)
R medial orbitofrontal 30 57 −12 (3.17)
21 39 −18 (2.99)
R inf. frontal operculum 54 12 12 (3.38)
L inf. frontal operculum −60 12 15 (2.81)
−51 12 15 (2.80)
L rolandic operculum −51 6 3 (3.12)
L insula −42 0 3 (2.64)
R anterior cingulate 12 21 21 (3.10)

R superior parietal 21 −60 60 (5.15)
18 −66 66 (5.05)
18 −75 57 (4.61)
L superior parietal −18 −66 57 (5.45) −15 −63 69 (4.56)
−18 −63 66 (4.73) −18 −66 57 (4.52)
−15 −75 60 (4.63)
R inferior parietal 42 −36 51 (4.84)
L supramarginal gyrus −63 −39 30 (3.15)
−57 −30 30 (2.90)
−51 −39 27 (2.84)

R superior temporal 54 −42 21 (3.65)
69 −30 18 (2.94)
66 −39 24 (2.73)
R medial temporal 57 −51 3 (3.28)
R inferior temporal 48 −72 −9 (3.92)
42 −63 −9 (3.88)
48 −54 −9 (3.57)
L fusiform gyrus −30 −75 −12 (3.89)

R medial occipital 36 −87 24 (4.66)

42 −78 15 (3.90)
L medial occipital −30 81 27 (4.31)
−27 −72 30 (3.81)
−33 −90 12 (3.74)
R precuneus 6 −51 51 (3.52)
R putamen 30 18 6 (3.39)
R caudate nucleus 21 3 18 (3.95)
L caudate nucleus −21 12 21 (4.08)
−21 3 21 (3.79)
R extranuclear WM 18 −15 −3 (3.24)
L thalamus −9 −21 3 (2.82)

Locations of the maxima are given in X Y Z mm (Z-score). Only local maxima more than 8mm apart inclusters larger than 5 voxels are reported. Coordinates are MNI coordinates.