Table 3.

Increased semantic word matching activation for dyslexics relative to normal readers, in regions differentially activated by Chinese versus English in normal readers

Region	Chinese versus English						Dyslexic > Normal readers								Each group separately
	Normal readers				Dyslexics	Interaction	Chinese only				English only				English		Chinese
															Nor.	Dys.	Nor.	Dys.
	x	y	z	Zsc.	Zsc.	Zsc.	x	y	z	Zsc.	x	y	z	Zsc.	Zsc.	Zsc.	Zsc.	Zsc.
Left LIFS	–46	+6	+30	3.4	ns	3.3				ns	–48	+6	+32	3.1	2.1	5.5	6.0	5.0
Left PSTS	–56	–38	+6	3.8	ns	2.9	–54	–38	+4	2.6				ns	3.2	3.0	ns	2.5

Dys. = dyslexics; Nor. = normal; x y z = co-ordinates in Montreal Neurological Institute space; Zsc. = Z-scores; ns = not significant (Z < 1.64; P > 0.05 uncorrected).