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. 2010 Aug 10;5(8):e12074. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012074

Table 1. Graphemes, colour, and synaesthesia in the brain.

Contrast Brain region k p MNI (x,y,z) T-value
Non-inducing>False fonts (P <.05FWEcorrected, N = 38) R Supramarginal gyrus/Inf parietal lobule (BA 40) 68 0.001 50, −46, 36 6.15
False fonts>Non-inducing (P <.05FWEcorrected, N = 38) R Fusiform gyrus (BA 37) 1914 0.000 44, −60, −14 11.06
R Middle/Inf occipital gyrus (BA 18/19) 38, −84, −4 8.16
R Fusiform gyrus (BA 37) 34, −48, −22 8.11
L Inferior occipital gyrus (BA 18/19) 913 0.000 −38, −80, −8 8.30
L Fusiform/Inf occipital gyrus (BA 19) −40, −70, −14 7.38
L Cerebellum/L Fusiform gyrus (BA 37) 60 0.001 −34, −42, −30 5.95
L Fusiform gyrus (BA 37) −34, −52, −22 5.53
Coloured>Non-inducing (P <.05FWEcorrected, N = 38) R Fusiform gyrus (BA 37) 1294 0.000 34, −50, −22 10.11
R Fusiform gyrus (BA 19) 32, −76, −16 8.66
R Middle/Inf occipital gyrus (BA 18) 34, −86, −6 7.77
L Fusiform gyrus (BA 19) 1175 0.000 −30, −76, −16 8.89
L Fusiform gyrus (BA 37) −34, −54, −20 7.30
Interaction Synaesthetes>Controls for Synaesthesia>Non-inducing (P <.001uncorrected, SVC) R Fusiform gyrus (BA 19) 21 0.052 36, −76, −26 4.45
Interaction Synaesthetes>Controls for Synaesthesia>Coloured (P <.001uncorrected) L Superior parietal lobule (BA 7) 712 0.001 −24, −58, 46 5.03
L Superior Occipital gyrus/Precuneus −22, −70, 38 4.11
L Inferior parietal lobule (BA 40) −42, −44, 48 4.02

fMRI results of localiser Experiment 1 (N = 38 (synaesthetes N = 19, controls N = 19), random effects analyses, extent threshold ≥20 voxels, whole brain threshold: see table). Cluster size (k), corrected P-values at cluster-level (p), MNI coordinates of local maxima and T-values are listed. Brodmann areas (BA) are in parentheses. R = right, L = left, Inf = Inferior, SVC = Small Volume Correction.