Table 2.

Regions of activation for effects of figurativeness and discourse congruence

Region	Hemisphere	BA	Max Z	X	Y	Z	# Voxels
Metaphor > Literal
Inferior Frontal Gyrus	Left	47	3.69	−34	16	−18	1108
Dorsal Medial PFC	Left	9	3.95	−8	56	32	1070
Anterior MTG	Left	21, 38	4.39	−58	−18	−14	2342
Posterior MTG	Left	21, 22	3.79	−58	−42	4	1353
Cingulate Gyrus	Left	24	3.17	−8	−12	42	88
Occipital Gyri	Left, Right	17, 18, 19	3.70	30	−98	12	4474
Congruent > Incongruent
Inferior Frontal Gyrus	Left	8, 9, 45,47,	5.40	−46	34	−8	9163
	Right	45, 47	3.98	52	26	10	1744
Middle Frontal Gyrus	Right	6	3.09	36	2	46	45
Dorsal Medial PFC	Left	6, 8, 9, 32	5.19	−6	34	46	3627
Orbital Frontal Cortex	Left, Right	11	3.71	6	52	−24	340
Temporal Pole	Right	38	3.98	44	22	−22	344
Middle Temporal Gyrus	Left	20, 21, 37	5.75	−60	−40	−8	3286
Angular Gyrus	Left	19,22 39, 40	4.35	−40	−52	28	1136
Occipital Gyri	Left,  Right	17,  18, 19	3.61	30	−92	8	4040
Brain Stem	Left,  Right		4.77	0	−28	−10	10131
Incongruent > Congruent
Superior Temporal Gyrus	Left	21, 22	4.14	−60	−4	−4	88
	Left	13, 42	3.92	−46	−22	24	510
Postcentral Gyrus	Left	3, 4, 6	4.18	−38	−26	68	3424

PFC - Prefrontal Cortex MTG - Middle Temporal Gyrus

^*There were no regions in which literal sentences elicited greater activation than metaphoric sentences.