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. 2008 Oct 14;19(5):1208–1221. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhn164

Table 1.

ROIs displaying sustained responses

BA Size (mm3) Center of mass
PM-1Back task
NB-3Back task
Diss. from
x y z Fixation Oddball NB-1Back Fixation Oddball NB-1Back R DL-PFC
t(17) t(17) t(17) t(17) t(17) t(17) F(2,34)
ROIs sensitive to PM load in a sustained fashion
    L. ant. PFC 10/46 1863 −29 43 12 5.18*** 4.01*** 3.53** 1.99$ 2.12* 1.51 2.95$
    R. ant. PFC (A) 10/46 675 28 46 9 3.53** 3.02** 2.8* 0.41 1.2 1.11 6.08**
    R. DL-PFC 46/9 216 29 34 22 3.37** 2.8* 2.42* 1.78$ 1.21 1.45 4.52*
    L. DL-PFC 46/9 1944 −29 20 25 4.46*** 3.13** 3.46** 1.63 1.19 1.43 10.88***
    L. post. DL-PFC 6/8 324 −31 4 39 3.51** 2.35* 2.39* 2.46* 1.81$ 1.69 7.18**
    ACC 32/6 972 −3 17 45 4.05*** 2.66* 2.5* 2.75* 1.99$ 1.5 0.74
    L. lat. par. lobe 7/40 6156 −36 −53 44 4.17*** 3.52** 3.23** 2.21* 1.98$ 1.77$ 0.49
    R. inf. par. lobe 7/40 1944 36 −54 46 3.54** 3.58** 2.79* 2.45* 2.14* 1.68 0.54
    L. cerebellum NA 243 −12 −68 −31 3.03** 2.85* 2.95** 2.22* 2.22* 1.68 8.58***
    R. cerebellum NA 243 32 −62 −30 2.89* 3.63** 2.58* 1.18 1.67 1.58 5.93**
ROIs sensitive to WM load in a sustained fashion
    R. DL-PFC (B) 9/8 243 31 23 38 1.87$ 1.65 2.66* 4.33*** 2.3* 2.77*
    R. post. DL-PFC 6/8 729 34 5 52 1.86$ 1.92$ 1.58 4.43*** 2.78* 2.61*
    R. sup. par. lobe 7/19/40 3105 30 -65 50 1.29 2.94** 0.02 3.38** 3.9** 3.16** 3.04$
    R. sup. par. lobe 7/40 324 50 −45 50 1.71 1.13 0.51 3.36** 2.5* 2.74* 0.91
    L. inf. cerebellum NA 270 −38 −59 −43 −0.23 0.68 0.05 3.39** 3.55** 2.71* 1.13
ROIs sensitive to both PM and WM load in a sustained fashion
    L. sup. par. lobe (C) 7/40 432 −44 −51 51 4.64*** 3.32** 3.24** 3.22** 2.44* 2.56* 1.52
    R. sup. par. lobe 7/40 351 32 −63 43 3.75** 3.06** 3.34** 3.07** 2.77* 2.43* 0.51

Note: Statistics in columns 7−12 reflect t-statistics for each direct comparison, whereas the last column reflects the F statistic reflecting the ROI × condition interaction. Parentheses next to a region name indicate a label for an illustrated ROI in Figures 3 and 4. Abbreviations: L = left; R = right; Ant = anterior; Inf. = inferior; Lat. = lateral; Post. = posterior; Sup. = superior. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, $P < 0.1