Table 3.
Positive correlations between working memory span, vocabulary size, and syntactic adaptability
| Cortical Region | Peak BA | Cluster size | Peak T value | MNI coordinates |
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| x | y | z | ||||
| Positive correlation between working memory capacity and syntactic adaptability | ||||||
| LH superior frontal | 6 | 16 | 3.78 | −16 | 6 | 58 |
| RH superior frontal/precentral | 6 | 12 | 3.85 | 36 | −12 | 56 |
| LH caudate/putamen | 70 | 4.69 | −20 | 20 | −2 | |
| RH caudate | 26 | 4.21 | 18 | 18 | 8 | |
| RH caudate/cingulum | 202 | 5.35 | 16 | 14 | 24 | |
| LH hippocampus | 28 | 4.02 | −34 | −36 | −4 | |
| LH precuneus | 7 | 16 | 3.76 | −10 | −68 | 50 |
| RH insula | 13 | 194 | 4.88 | 16 | −36 | 24 |
| RH paracentral | 5 | 14 | 4.12 | 18 | −40 | 52 |
| Positive correlation between vocabulary size and syntactic adaptability | ||||||
| RH paracentral | 4 | 28 | 4.38 | 2 | −38 | 62 |