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. 2008 Feb 21;363(1499):1939–1949. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0001

Table 2.

Location of activated clusters found in contrasts between Oldowan toolmaking and control and between Acheulean toolmaking and control by expert tool knappers. (p<0.001 uncorrected, k>5, n=3.Clusters are organized by cortical regions and ordered by decreasing z-coordinate within each region. Blank spaces indicate a lack of significant activation. Coordinates are relative to the Montreal Neurological Institute standard template brain. BA, Brodmann area.)

location BA Oldowan-control Acheulean-control


x y z t-score x y z t-score
frontal cortex
right dorsal precentral gyrus 6 34 −8 58 46.33
left dorsal precentral gyrus 6 −24 −8 58 17.27
left lateral precentral gyrus 4/6 −46 −16 44 14.16 −44 −14 46 17.16
left ventral precentral gyrus 6 −52 6 28 9.72 −52 6 28 12.24
right ventral precentral gyrus 6 60 2 26 19.68
right inferior prefrontal gyrus 45 48 34 10 17.08
left orbital gyrus 11 −24 32 −22 15.1
parietal cortex
left superior parietal lobule 5 −14 −54 70 14.46 −14 −54 70 12.59
right superior parietal lobule 7 24 −60 66 11.74 22 −62 68 13.42
right intraparietal sulcus 7/40 34 −52 60 15.34 34 −52 60 12.32
left intraparietal sulcus 7/40 −28 −48 52 12.37 −28 −48 52 13.81
left supramarginal gyrus 40 −48 −32 40 8.67 −48 −32 42 10.40
right supramarginal gyrus 40 58 −30 36 14.98 58 −30 36 19.57
temporal cortex
right inferior temporal gyrus 20/21/37 52 −50 −10 30.49
occipital cortex
left parieto-occipital sulcus 19/7 −22 −62 58 9.62
left parieto-occipital sulcus 19/7 30 −88 44 12.07
left superior occipital gyrus 19 −16 −86 38 34.22 −16 −86 38 62.34
right middle occipital gyrus 19 32 −66 32 10.9
right middle occipital gyrus 18 22 −88 28 10.54 20 −88 30 9.21
cuneus 18 4 −86 24 21.59 4 −86 24 19.42
right calcarine sulcus 17 18 −96 2 28.65 18 −96 2 18.09
left lingual gyrus 17 −12 −84 −6 24.98 −12 −84 −6 44.93
right lingual gyrus 19 30 −68 −10 31.65
right fusiform gyrus 18 30 −76 −16 26.18 30 −76 −16 14.15