Figure 7. Activity in left inferior frontal gyrus (BA44/45, including Broca’s area) correlates with increased conflict after controlling for RT.
For each subject, the BOLD responses were averaged across quantiles within each condition. A one-sided, paired t-test was performed between congruent and incongruent trials across subjects. Greater activity in Broca’s area suggests increased competition between multiple linguistic representations of the stimulus on incongruent trials. Voxel t-values were thresholded at p = 0.01, clusters thresholded at p = 0.01 using Gaussian Random Field Theory. Peak activity was located at MNI152: -38/16/22.