Table 2.

Brain regions activated when perceiving emotional and linguistic facial expressions relative to baseline, in the face only and verb context conditions (ROI analyses)

		Face only Talairach coordinates					Verb context Talairach coordinates
		BA	x	y	z	Vol. (mm3)	BA	x	y	z	Vol. (mm3)
Emotional STS/MTG
L	Deaf signers	22/21	−55	−41	7	1105	22/21	−55	−38	8	1608
	Hearing signers	22/21	−57	−44	7	378	22/21	−43	−59	7	900
	Hearing non-signers	22/21	−53	−44	7	986	22/21	−54	−40	5	1169
R	Deaf signers	22/21	51	−43	10	1539	22/21	48	−41	10	1792
	Hearing signers	22/21	43	−45	11	684	22/21	52	−51	8	1035
	Hearing non-signers	22/21	53	−37	6	2364	22/21	49	−38	5	1828
Fusiform gyrus
L	Deaf signers	37	−49	−36	−10	1204	37	−36	−56	−12	1358
	Hearing signers	37	−44	−50	−13	198	37	−43	−43	−14	594
	Hearing non-signers	37	−39	−54	−11	605	37	−40	−56	−12	815
R	Deaf signers	37	35	−57	−12	541	37	31	−57	−11	689
	Hearing signers	37	39	−44	−13	360	37	42	−55	−17	810
	Hearing non-signers	37	40	−52	−14	799	37	43	−51	−10	830
Linguistic STS/MTG
L	Deaf signers	22/21	−54	−40	8	1612	22/21	−54	−42	8	2637
	Hearing signers	22/21	−53	−59	11	774	22/21	−53	−58	8	828
	Hearing non-signers	22/21	−55	−44	5	934	22/21	−53	−44	7	1016
R	Deaf signers	22/21	50	−40	7	1822	22/21	51	−42	8	1071
	Hearing signers	22/21	50	−50	4	963	22/21	48	−50	15	999
	Hearing non-signers	22/21	53	−47	7	1685	22/21	54	−38	5	2222
Fusiform gyrus
L	Deaf signers	37	−38	−58	−13	1365	37	−36	−62	−12	1661
	Hearing signers	37	−41	−41	−14	540	37	−46	−53	−14	396
	Hearing non-signers	37	−39	−57	−12	1038	37	−39	−55	−13	1035
R	Deaf signers	37	34	−61	−11	839	37	35	−65	−13	681
	Hearing signers	37	42	−38	−12	567	37	43	−40	−14	423
	Hearing non-signers	37	39	−54	−13	1233	37	40	−53	−13	1209

Data for the deaf signers and hearing non-signers were recomputed from McCullough et al. (2005).