Table 2.

Regions in which older adults exhibit more fMRI task-related activation than young adults (uncorrected p = 0.001, whole brain analysis).

Anatomical location	BA	Cluster size	Coordinates of peaks	z score
FRONTAL AREAS
L Superior frontal gyrus	9	79	−38 42 30	3.9
L Middle frontal gyrus	8		−36 34 40	3.38
L Precentral gyrus	6	23	−40 −12 42	3.62
R Medial frontal gyrus	9	25	16 38 30	3.58
R Middle frontal gyrus	10	27	38 50 22	3.36
R Middle frontal gyrus	46	39	46 26 26	3.34
L Inferior frontal gyrus	44	36	−36 10 28	3.31
L Middle frontal gyrus	9		−30 10 34	3.15
TEMPORAL AREAS
R Middle temporal gyrus	21	136	42 0 −22	3.85
PARIETAL AREAS
R Precuneus	7	805	12 −56 46	4.54
L Precuneus	7		−2 −50 52	3.99
R Precuneus	7		12 −48 44	3.97
R Cuneus	19		20 −84 34	3.37
R Postcentral gyrus	1	34	40 −20 46	3.31
R Postcentral gyrus	3		50 −12 44	3.22
R Fusiform gyrus	37	10	34 −44 −14	3.45
SUBCORTICAL AREAS
L Cerebellum (HIII)		70	−12 −34 −22	4.59
L Cerebellum (Crus I)		59	30 −70 −30	3.97
L Cerebellum (Crus I)		15	−22 −72 −36	3.4

BA, Brodmann's area; L, left; R, right.