Table 1.

MNI coordinates of lateralized vOT from previous fMRI studies

Study	Lateralized vOT	Task/contrast
Cai et al. (2010)	−46, −46, −16	Lexical decision on words versus checkerboards
Cohen et al. (2003)	−36, −75, −12	Alphabetic stimuli versus checkerboards
	−36, −45, −27
Guo and Burgund (2010)	49, −57, −10	Orthographic, phonological, and semantic effects on Chinese characters
	−41, −66, −10
Kao et al. (2010)	−44, −62, −15	Chinese characters contrasted with their inverted versions
Nakamura et al. (2005)	−42, −67, −17	Kanji and Kana characters relative to fixation (using laterality maps)
Pinel and Dehaene (2010)	−45, −56, −10	Sentence reading versus checkerboards (using laterality maps)
Sabsevitz et al. (2005)	−45, −52, −15	Concrete versus abstract words
Szwed et al. (2011)	−45, −41, −18	Words versus scrambled control stimuli (using laterality maps)
	varying from y = −54 to y = −80
Vigneau et al. (2005)	−44, −76, −14	Word reading relative to fixation
	−46, −40, −12
Woodhead et al. (2011)	−40, −55, −13	Words versus scrambled stimuli, and high versus low spatial frequency stimuli
Xue et al. (2005)	−39, −68, −12	Phonological/semantic tasks on Chinese words relative to fixation (using laterality maps)