Table 4.

Significant activation differences between complex and simple sentences as a function of working memory load

Cortical region	Brodmann’s areas	Cluster size	Peak T value	MNI coordinates
				x	y	z
Sentences alone: complex > simple
LH inferior frontal	44, 45	491	4.49	−44	16	14
LH insula, inferior frontal	47	280	4.87	−26	30	−2
LH middle frontal/precentral	6	1247	6.54	−40	4	48
LH superior frontal, bilateral SMA	6	564	6.62	−6	10	64
LH superior/medial frontal	10	289	4.84	−12	58	24
Bilateral medial orbital frontal	11	29	3.96	6	50	−16
LH middle/superior temporal, precuneus	21, 22, 39	12, 767	9.42	−58	−10	−20
RH inferior frontal, insula, putamen	13	383	4.49	36	26	12
RH inferior frontal	45, 47	43	3.29	54	30	0
RH middle frontal/precentral	6	29	2.97	34	−2	44
RH anterior middle/inferior temporal	20, 21	634	6.19	50	−10	−26
RH middle/superior temporal, angular	21, 37, 39	572	4.21	50	−46	10
RH fusiform	36, 37	209	4.31	26	−32	−26
LH parahippocampus/hippocampus	28	23	3.00	−12	−12	−18
RH hippocampus, amygdala	28	26	3.13	22	−6	−14
RH caudate nucleus		28	3.06	8	12	14
RH thalamus, pallidum	34	363	3.83	8	−2	−8
LH rolandic operculum, Heschl’s	13	20	3.09	−30	−32	14
LH cerebellum		15	3.04	−10	−60	−28
Sentences + words: complex > simple
LH inferior frontal	44, 45	334	6.00	−56	22	16
LH middle frontal/precentral	6	201	4.34	−34	0	64
LH superior/medial frontal	10	200	4.23	−8	58	24
LH middle/superior temporal, angular	21, 22, 39	3303	7.74	−54	−40	0
LH precuneus	7	496	4.95	−10	−52	40
LH middle occipital	19	73	3.75	−28	−84	24
LH occipital/fusiform	17, 18, 19, 37	1380	5.97	−12	−86	0
RH anterior middle temporal	21	57	4.59	56	2	−28
RH occipital/fusiform	17, 18	358	5.03	40	−90	0
RH occipital	17	114	3.7	8	−82	6
Sentences + words: simple > complex
LH middle frontal	10, 46	177	5.62	−42	54	4
RH inferior parietal	40	141	5.3	48	−54	46
RH middle/orbital frontal	10, 11, 46	281	5.52	40	46	−8