Table 6.
Differences between deaf signers and hearing speakers during maintenance (P < 0.05)
| Activated regions | Side | BA | Coordinates | Deaf > Hearing | Hearing > Deaf | ||||
| x | y | z | Peak (z average) | Number of voxels | Peak (z average) | Number of voxels | |||
| Frontal | |||||||||
| Lateral premotor cortex | R | 4 | 47 | −9 | 43 | 3.00 (2.35) | 22 | ||
| IFG/Insula | L | 13 | −31 | 26 | 16 | −2.88 (−2.26) | 11 | ||
| Parietal | |||||||||
| Dorsal inferior parietal cortex | L | 40 | −35 | −49 | 53 | 3.20 (2.51) | 85 | ||
| Dorsal inferior parietal cortex | R | 40 | 30 | −55 | 57 | 3.19 (2.38) | 73 | ||
| Temporal | |||||||||
| MTG (post) | L | 21/37 | −62 | −48 | −5 | 3.35 (2.78) | 10 | ||
| Cerebellar | |||||||||
| Dentate | L | −14 | −55 | −30 | 3.53 (2.78) | 15 | |||
| Dentate | R | 13 | −50 | −30 | 3.85 (2.93) | 14 | |||
Note: L, left; R, right; post, posterior; and MTG, middle temporal gyrus.