Table 2.
Areas showing significantly different activation (A) within posterior middle temporal gyrus (MT) for the functional localizer and (B) whole brain analysis contrasting different sentence types.
| Contrast | Region | Extent (mm3) | Zmax | x | y | z | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) FUNCTIONAL LOCALIZER | |||||||
| visual motion – static image | Right posterior middle temporal gyrus (RMT) | 7965 | 5.47 | 43 | −66 | 9 | |
| Left posterior middletemporal gyrus (LMT) | 10854 | 5.11 | −44 | −73 | 9 | ||
| (B) WHOLE BRAIN ANALYSIS | |||||||
| static image with toward sentences – static sentences | Right posterior superior temporal gyrus (pSTG) | 783 | 3.77 | 49 | −61 | 21 | |
| Orbitofrontal median wall | 648 | 3.38 | 1 | 65 | 3 | ||
| Middle cingulate gyrus | 2079 | 3.93 | 10 | −7 | 36 | ||
| Posterior cingulate gyrus | 4968 | 3.41 | 7 | −49 | 30 | ||
| Posterior median wall (Cuneus) | 1080 | 3.87 | 10 | −85 | 42 | ||
| Static image with away sentences – static sentences | No significant differences | ||||||
An activation was regarded significant at a voxel threshold of p < 0.001 and a cluster size > 640 mm3 (equivalent to corrected p < 0.05). Region, extent (mm3), Z-values and Talairach coordinates are reported.