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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2008 Jun;8(2):211–221. doi: 10.3758/cabn.8.2.211

Table 2.

Prefrontal and Parietal Cortical Regions Engaged by Retrieval Competition During Test and During Retrieval Practice

Region ~BA x y z
Left Lateral PFC
 Posterior VLPFC 44/6/8 −42 6 39
 Mid-VLPFC 45 −51 30 9
 Mid-VLPFC 45 −54 36 12
 Mid-VLPFC/DLPFC 45/9 −39 21 27
 Mid-VLPFC/DLPFC 45/9 −48 24 24
 Anterior insula/VLPFC 13/47 −30 21 0
 Anterior VLPFC 47 −51 42 3
 Anterior VLPFC 47 −39 30 −6
 Anterior VLPFC 47 −33 33 −3
 Anterior VLPFC 47 −51 39 −12
 Frontopolar cortex 10 −48 51 −3
 DLPFC 6 −42 9 57
 DLPFC 6 −36 6 57
Right Lateral PFC
 Posterior VLPFC 44/6/8 45 6 33
 Mid-VLPFC/DLPFC 45/9 45 24 21
 Anterior VLPFC 47 39 24 −3
 Anterior VLPFC 47 39 21 3
 DLPFC 9/46 57 33 24
Left Medial PFC
 Medial SFG 6 −6 15 54
 Medial SFG 8 −3 30 45
 ACC 24 −6 6 27
Right Medial PFC
 Medial SFG 6 9 15 51
 ACC 24 6 9 27
 ACC 24/32 12 27 27
 ACC 32 9 30 33
Left Parietal Cortex
 ANG 39 −33 −75 30
 IPL 40 −42 −42 45
 IPS 7 −27 −66 33
 SPL/IPS 7 −33 −66 45
 SPL 7 −30 −75 48
Right Parietal Cortex
 SPL/IPS 7 27 −63 51
 SPL 7 30 −78 48

Note—~BA, approximate Brodmann areas; x, y, and z indicate location of local maxima in MNI coordinates; all local maxima ≥6 mm apart. VLPFC, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex; DLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; SFG, superior frontal gyrus; ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; ANG, angular gyrus; IPL, inferior parietal lobule; SPL, superior parietal lobule; IPS, intraparietal sulcus.