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. 2010 Oct 12;21(5):1166–1177. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhq189

Table 4.

Whole-brain analyses, language tasks

Description Hemis Coord t Nodes
A. LISTEN
    Transverse gyrus, extending anteriorly into the anterior STG, and caudally into the planum temporale, posterior STG, dorsally into the parietal operculum, and medially into the insula. Left −52 −13 3 7.58 5649
    Ventral precentral gyrus, extending caudally into the central sulcus and postcentral gyrus. −55 −7 12 5.62 1201
    Posterior STS −57 −32 2 5.65 954
    Medial frontal gyrus (pre-SMA) −6 6 66 4.43 774
    Ventral Precentral gyrus. −43 −8 46 4.60 433
    Posterior MTG and STS. −62 −48 3 4.21 370
    Transverse gyrus, extending anteriorly into the anterior STG, and caudally into the planum temporale, posterior STG, and medially into the insula. Right 57 −10 0 8.28 3599
    Posterior STS. 56 −31 3 7.30 1843
    Ventral Precentral gyrus. 51 −4 8 4.65 504
B. REPEAT
    Transverse gyrus, extending anteriorly into the anterior STG, and caudally into the planum temporale and posterior STG and STS. Left −38 −29 12 11.58 12 000
    Ventral precentral gyrus, extending caudally into the central sulcus and postcentral gyrus, and anteriorly into the precentral sulcus, inferior frontal gyrus, including both pars opercularis and triangularis. −45 −8 38 12.36 10 088
    Lingual gyrus, cuneus, middle occipital gyrus, inferior occipital gyrus, and fusiform gyrus. −11 −98 −7 9.01 4857
    Medial frontal gyrus (pre-SMA, SMA), and anterior cingulate gyrus. −8 16 40 10.39 4640
    Dorsal Precentral gyrus, extending into the central sulcus and the postcentral gyrus. −17 −24 59 9.81 2836
    Lateral occipito-temporal sulcus, extending medially into the fusiform gyrus. −43 −48 −11 7.27 1273
    Superior parietal lobule, IPS, precuneus. −17 −67 45 7.06 2000
    Body of the calcarine sulcus, extending dorsally into the cuneus. −17 −73 11 5.42 1064
    Inferior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis −49 34 3 10.25 1804
    Midbrain −1 −20 7 8.27 820
    Posterior cingulate gyrus and sulcus. −4 −6 39 6.90 638
    Inferior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis. −42 33 −9 6.36 498
    Posterior cingulate gyrus. −5 −37 25 5.22 547
    Paracentral lobule. −8 −38 60 6.44 529
    Anterior calcarine sulcus. −19 −51 3 6.66 336
    Precuneus, extending anteriorly into the occipitoparietal sulcus. −9 −87 37 5.78 363
    Cingulate sulcus/Medial frontal gyrus (SMA). −8 −18 48 5.35 172
    Ventral precentral gyrus, extending caudally into the central sulcus and postcentral gyrus, and anteriorly into the inferior frontal gyrus, pars opercularis, and triangularis. The cluster also extends ventrally into the insula, and posterior STG, transverse temporal gyrus and runs anteriorly along the STG and STS. Right 60 −7 23 12.56 23 556
    Posterior collateral sulcus, occipital gyrus, extending caudally into the fusiform gyrus, laterally into the lateral occipitoparietal sulcus, and anteriorly and dorsally into the inferior and medial occipital gyri and occipital pole. 22 −88 −7 10.31 6407
    Medial frontal gyrus (SMA and pre-SMA), extending ventrally into the cingulate sulcus and gyrus. 6 6 63 12.40 6445
    Dorsal postcentral gyrus, extending anteriorly into the dorsal central sulcus and gyrus. 22 −28 66 12.29 4500
    Calcarine sulcus (body and anterior), and cuneus. 13 −67 10 6.74 1352
    Superior and inferior segment of the IPS, and superior parietal lobule. 28 −63 49 6.84 1198
    Posterior thalamus. 6 −27 1 6.73 705
    Parieto-occipital sulcus, extending dorsally into the superior occipital gyrus. 16 −78 34 6.17 918
    Intraoccipital sulcus and superior occipital gyrus. 35 −77 25 5.78 256
    Lingual gyrus, extending into the body of the calcarine sulcus. 5 −80 3 5.63 181
    Middle frontal gyrus and superior frontal sulcus. 37 35 30 6.85 214
    Inferior frontal gyrus, pars triangularis. 50 29 1 5.55 321
C. GENERATE
    Lingual gyrus, cuneus, middle occipital gyrus, fusiform gyrus, lateral occipito-temporal sulcus and inferior temporal gyrus, extending anteriorly into the supramarginal gyrus, and more dorsally into the IPS and superior parietal lobule. Left −2 −79 1 12.78 36 469
    Ventral central sulcus, extending caudally into the postcentral gyrus, and dorsally and medially into the medial frontal gyrus (SMA, pre-SMA) and anterior cingulate, and anteriorly into the Precentral gyrus and inferior frontal gyrus, including both pars opercularis and triangularis. −43 −17 36 12.63 24 100
    Transverse gyrus, extending anteriorly into the anterior STG, and caudally into the planum temporale −49 −20 5 13.47 4387
    Posterior midbrain. −6 −26 −5 9.83 1992
    Posterior STG and sulcus. −54 −39 −6 7.95 1545
    Dorsal Precentral gyrus and central sulcus. −16 −25 59 8.53 913
    Posterior cingulate gyrus. −4 −31 29 6.55 1162
    Posterior cingulate sulcus. −10 −22 36 5.89 673
    Postcentral gyrus. −21 −32 62 6.48 555
    Entorhinal cortex, extending laterally into the anterior inferior temporal gyrus. −30 −1 −38 6.06 273
    Insula. −32 −7 15 5.28 238
    Inferior occipital sulcus, fusiform gyrus, collateral sulcus, extending dorsally into the lingual gyrus, calcarine fissure, cuneus, parieto-occipital sulcus and lateral occipito-temporal sulcus. The cluster also extends onto the lateral surface including the intraoccipital fissure, middle and superior occipital gyri and superior parietal lobe. Right 45 −61 −10 14.59 34 464
    Anterior cingulate sulcus and gyrus, extending dorsally into the medial frontal gyrus (Pre-SMA and SMA), and laterally onto the dorsal superior frontal gyrus and sulcus, precentral sulcus, ventral precentral gyrus, central sulcus and postcentral sulcus, and inferior frontal gyrus, pars opercularis. 10 15 33 13.90 13 881
    Transverse temporal gyrus, planum temporale, posterior STG and STS. 55 −10 1 8.90 7524
    Anterior insula, inferior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis, and orbital gyrus. 31 17 4 8.62 1890
    Posterior thalamus. 10 −26 8 11.18 1425
    Dorsal postcentral gyrus, central sulcus and precentral gyrus. 20 −29 63 6.78 965
    Posterior cingulate gyrus. 6 −31 29 6.39 680
    Inferior frontal gyrus, pars triangularis. 47 13 1 7.02 464
    Posterior cingulate sulcus. 11 −13 38 5.46 443
    Insula. 34 −4 14 7.36 209
    Paracentral lobule. 10 −36 61 5.15 206
    Parahippocampal gyrus. 26 −3 −36 4.64 197

Note: List of all significant clusters for sentence listening compared against a resting baseline (A), sentence repetition compared against a resting baseline (B) and sentence generation generate compared against a resting baseline (C). Legend: Hemis, Hemisphere; Coord, Talairach coordinates (x y z); t = t-value of the local maximum, corrected for multiple comparison using permutation; Nodes, number of nodes in cluster.