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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cogn Neurosci. 2010 Sep;22(9):1993–2011. doi: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21334

Table 4.

Main effects of all verbs (left columns) and all nouns (right columns) compared to cross fixation for age-matched controls. Coordinates in MNI-space; cluster sizes in voxels.

Verb Activation Noun Activation
Anatomical Area BA Side x y Z T cl sz Side x y z T cl sz
Middle frontal gyrus 9 R 36 30 33 3.81 42
R 39 36 27 3.66

Pre central gyrus 4 L -54 3 9 3.36 29

Angular gyrus 39 L -27 -57 51 9.61 1560 L -51 -24 51 29

L -27 -48 48 8.34 R 48 -21 51 10.68 4159

R 42 -27 51 15.79 2582 R 45 -27 63 10.12

R 42 -30 63 14.65
R 33 -48 48 10.70

Superior temporal gyrus 22 L -51 3 -6 4.57 9

Middle temporal gyrus 21 L -60 -33 3 4.21 9

Insula R 33 18 6 5.62 93 L -30 21 3 4.41 77
R 21 6 6 3.82 L -45 3 6 3.57

Lingual gyrus 19 R 24 -90 -6 7.27 610
R 27 -96 3 7.03
R 42 -75 -18 5.91

Inferior occipital gyrus 18 R 24 -90 -15 8.09 806
R 42 -63 -18 8.08

Middle occipital gyrus 19 L -30 -72 27 3.85 993 L -21 -93 -3 13.88 1120
L -24 -93 0 9.40 L -42 -60 -21
L -30 -90 12 9.26 L -27 -90 3

L -42 -60 -18 8.14

Cuneus 18 L -3 -81 18 3.79 3

Putamen -- L -21 0 9 10.63 203 L -24 -3 9 4.27 41
L -24 18 3 L -9 9 12 3.67

R 27 -9 6 3.03 4

Thalamus -- L -12 -18 0 4.85 39 R 15 -15 0 3.68 14

R 15 -12 3 3.80 50

Note: BA=Brodmann's area; cl sz=cluster size.