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. 2007 Oct 17;27(42):11431–11441. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2252-07.2007

Table 1.

BOLD effects in group average

Brain region MNI coordinates
Peak t p< x y z
Multisensory areas: visual condition > baseline and auditory condition > baselinea
    Visual stimuli in RVF
        Contralateral left hemisphere
            Posterior STS 4.14 0.001 −66 −48 12
            Superior parietal lobe 3.64 0.001 −24 −60 38
            Middle frontal gyrus 4.54 0.001 −40 8 26
        Ipsilateral right hemisphere
            Posterior STS 2.35 0.009 −58 −44 12
            Superior parietal lobe 3.53 0.001 −34 −48 46
            Middle frontal gyrus 3.76 0.001 −40 20 18
    Visual stimuli in LVF
        Contralateral right hemisphere
            Posterior STS 3.92 0.001 62 −44 8
            Superior parietal lobe 2.60 0.005 24 −64 42
            Middle frontal gyrus 3.14 0.001 44 14 34
        Ipsilateral left hemisphere
            Posterior STS 3.30 0.001 −62 −54 18
            Superior parietal lobe 2.58 0.005 −20 −56 54
            Middle frontal gyrus 3.46 0.001 −40 16 16
Visual areas: unimodal visual > auditory conditionb
    Visual stimuli in RVF
        Contralateral left hemisphere
            Lingual gyrus 7.50 0.001 −12 −76 −4
            Fusiform gyrus 7.30 0.001 −18 −72 −8
            Fusiform gyrus 5.31 0.001 −34 −66 −18
            Transversal occipital sulcus 4.38 0.001 −20 −90 32
            Middle occipital sulcus 3.95 0.001 −44 −78 10
            Superior occipital gyrus 4.65 0.001 −32 −80 18
    Visual stimuli in LVF
        Contralateral right hemisphere
            Lingual gyrus/calcarine 7.29 0.001 6 −76 0
            Fusiform gyrus 7.31 0.001 14 −72 −10
            Fusiform gyrus 4.90 0.001 26 −66 −6
            Transversal occipital sulcus 6.74 0.001 26 −86 26
            Middle occipital sulcus 5.03 0.001 42 −70 8
            Superior occipital gyrus 5.69 0.001 30 −82 20
            Posterior parietal lobe 3.94 0.001 22 −70 60
Auditory areas: unimodal auditory > visual conditionc
    Visual stimuli in RVF
        Left hemisphere
            Posterior Heschl's gyrus/insula 4.64 0.001 −40 −26 4
            Middle STS 5.27 0.001 −48 −32 6
            Middle STS 5.27 0.001 −48 −32 6
            Middle STS 5.03 0.001 −48 −14 −6
        Right hemisphere
            Planum temporale 3.89 0.001 56 −26 4
            Insula/planum polare 4.19 0.001 52 0 −8
            Middle STS 3.89 0.001 62 −30 6
    Visual stimuli in LVF
        Right hemisphere
            Planum temporale 4.07 0 56 −24 4
            Insula 3.81 0 40 −20 −2
            Middle STS 3.58 0 62 −34 2
        Left hemisphere
            Posterior Heschl's gyrus/PT 3.83 0 −48 −22 10
            Middle STS 4.39 0 −44 −32 6
            Middle STS 3.91 0 −54 −20 4

Group average activation peaks for the contrasts testing for candidate multisensory regions (i.e., responding to both visual and auditory unimodal conditions relative to unstimulated baseline) or for sensory-specific regions (i.e., significant effect of visual minus auditory stimulation or vice versa). Only clusters containing >20 voxels are described (see Materials and Methods). MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute.

aCandidate multisensory areas: conjunction of unimodal auditory condition minus baseline and unimodal visual condition minus baseline.

bVisual sensory-specific cortex: unimodal visual minus unimodal auditory conditions.

cAuditory sensory-specific cortex: unimodal auditory minus unimodal visual conditions.