Table 1.
Brain regions more associated with live-action depictions relative to animated depictions of action
| Region | BA | x | y | z | # Voxels | Peak Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R STS | 21/22 | 56 | −35 | 5 | 87 | 4.23 |
| 53 | −21 | −4 | 3.73 | |||
| 53 | −12 | −12 | 3.72 | |||
| R TPJ | 39 | 50 | −63 | 20 | 10 | 3.75 |
| R MFG | 8/9 | 24 | 40 | 37 | 11 | 3.75 |
| B mOCC (Lingual gyrus) | 17/18 | 9 | −76 | 4 | 1303 | 5.53 |
| (Lingual gyrus) | 17/18 | −9 | 73 | 4 | 5.22 | |
| (Cuneus) | 18/19 | 12 | −74 | 26 | 4.92 | |
| R cuneus | 17/18 | 24 | −55 | 14 | 40 | 3.89 |
| B mOCP | 18 | 0 | −88 | −13 | 6 | 3.71 |
| PCC | 23/31 | 0 | −45 | 30 | 105 | 4.16 |
| (R precuneus) | 7 | 3 | −44 | 49 | 3.96 | |
| (L precuneus) | 7/31 | −6 | −47 | 47 | 3.46 | |
| L PCC | 23 | −12 | −48 | 33 | 5 | 3.49 |
| R precuneus | 7 | 3 | −58 | 61 | 55 | 3.85 |
| L precuneus | 7 | −9 | −67 | 61 | 5 | 3.45 |
| B THL | 3 | −26 | 10 | 19 | 4.03 | |
| L CAUD | −15 | −2 | 17 | 20 | 4.02 | |
| L SCB | −18 | −44 | −10 | 12 | 4.02 |
Threshold P < 0.0005 (uncorrected), extent threshold = 5 voxels; coordinates follow atlas by Talairach and Tournoux (1988); BA, Brodmann area; STS, superior temporal sulcus; TPJ, temporoparietal junction; MFG, middle frontal gyrus; mOCC, medial occipital cortex; mOCP, medial occipital pole; PCC, posterior cingulate cortex; THL, Thalamus; CAUD, caudate; SCB, superior cerebellum. A slightly higher than traditional threshold was employed since at P < 0.001 medial occipital activations obscured unique medial parietal peaks. At P < 0.001, activations are present in the L STS (−50, 72, 2; k = 18; Z = 3.70), L TPJ (−48, −60, −12; k = 6; Z = 3.42), left posterior dorsomedial frontal cortex (−3, −3, 50; k = 8; Z = 3.37), and bilateral posterior cerebellum (3, −83, −26; k = 6; Z = 3.30).