Table 3.
Differences between deaf signers and hearing speakers during encoding (P < 0.01)
| Activated regions | Side | BA | Coordinates | Deaf > Hearing | Hearing > Deaf | ||||
| x | y | z | Z peak (z average) | Number of voxels | Z peak (z average) | Number of voxels | |||
| Frontal | |||||||||
| IFG/insula | R | 47 | 35 | 33 | −2 | −3.56 (−3.0) | 28 | ||
| Anterior cingulate | L | 32 | −9 | 35 | 25 | −3.5 (−2.98) | 10 | ||
| Temporal | |||||||||
| STG (mid) | L | 22 | −54 | −16 | 3 | 3.67 (2.84) | 34 | ||
| STG (mid) | R | 22/21 | 58 | −9 | −1 | 3.42 (2.93) | 35 | ||
| Subcortical | |||||||||
| Thalamus | L | −21 | −24 | −5 | −2.79 (−3.2) | 18 | |||
Note: L, left; R, right; STG, superior temporal gyrus.