Table 2.

Clusters of activation for the Japanese writing system contrasts

kanji > hiragana	BA	Cluster size	Z	T-value	MNI coordinate
					x	y	z
R Mid Temporal gyrus*	39	127	4.42	9.81	56	−64	18
L Amygdala/Putamen	34	23	3.58	5.93	−22	−2	−10
L Lingual gyrus	19	23	3.39	5.34	−22	−50	−4
R Inf. Temporal gyrus	37	31	3.28	5.02	58	−54	−12
hiragana > kanji	BA	Cluster size	Z	T-value	MNI coordinate
					x	y	z
L Inf. Parietal lobe	40	25	4.42	9.78	−48	−52	46
R Mid Cingulate gyrus*	5/7	162	3.79	6.71	16	−42	48
R Precuneus/Cingulate gyrus	31	112	3.62	6.10	24	−52	26
R Cuneus	18	22	3.58	5.95	16	−86	24
R Supp. Motor Area	6	99	3.37	5.28	10	−16	56
Left Precuneus	31	48	3.22	4.83	−20	−46	32
Left Ant. Cingulate gyrus	32	74	3.07	4.46	−10	26	28
R Supramarginal gyrus	40	22	3.02	4.32	50	−44	32
L Sup. Temporal gyrus	22/	30	2.92	4.08	−46	−42	6
	21

(P<.005 uncorrected; T3.36; extent threshold voxels=20; T-value, Z, and MNI coordinate are for the peak activated voxel in each cluster only. AAL labeling (Tzourio-Mazoyer, et al., 2002) clusters marked with (*) were also significant at p<.05 after cluster-level correction for multiple representations)