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Published in final edited form as: Brain Lang. 2012 May 5;125(2):134–145. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.04.003

Table 3. MNI Co-ordinates of Whole-Brain Activation Maxima.

MNI Co-ordinates MNI Co-ordinates

Task Group x y z Anatomical Region BA k Z Group x y z Anatomical Region BA k Z
RW > Fix Children -24 -96 4 L. Cuneus 18 439 5.47 Adults -18 -98 -4 L. Cuneus * 265 4.18
-38 -64 -14 L. Fusiform Gyrus 19 523 4.15 -48 -70 -14 L. Middle Occipital Gyrus 19 1061 5.32
-26 -54 42 L. Precuneus 7 197 3.87 -30 -54 32 L Superior Temporal Gyrus 39 683 5.39
-38 14 2 L. Insula 13 371 4.27 -46 -40 46 L. Inferior Parietal Lobule 40 455 5.50
-18 -26 18 L. Caudate * 106 4.07
-22 -10 38 L. Cingulate Gyrus 24 505 4.32
32 -60 52 R. Superior Parietal Lobule 7 87 3.75 18 -94 -8 R. Lingual Gyrus 17 133 3.90
16 -2 66 R. Medial Frontal Gyrus 6 109 4.48 30 -68 32 R. Precuneus 39 261 3.76
2 12 50 R. Medial Frontal Gyrus 6 974 5.23 20 2 20 R. Caudate * 376 4.48
Children > Adults -42 -50 -14 L. Fusiform Gyrus 37 56 3.97 Adults > Children -40 -24 -24 L. Parahippocampal Gyrus 36 29 4.40
-2 10 54 L. Superior Frontal Gyrus 6 105 3.76 0 32 -8 L. Anterior Cingulate 24 39 3.51
16 -4 66 R. Medial Frontal Gyrus 6 33 4.08 10 50 22 R. Medial Frontal Gyrus 9 216 4.53
4 24 12 R. Anterior Cingulate 24 35 4.40

FF > Fix Children -42 -62 -8 L. Middle Temporal Gyrus 37 1479 5.43 Adults -40 -76 -12 L. Inferior Occipital Gyrus 19 3201 5.66
-26 -58 44 L. Superior Parietal Lobule 7 322 4.73 -30 -56 50 L. Superior Parietal Lobule 7 422 4.25
0 -18 22 L. Cingulate Gyrus 23 135 3.99 -46 -32 44 L. Inferior Parietal Lobule 40 702 4.29
-20 -16 16 L. Thalamus * 300 5.22 -4 0 56 L. Medial Frontal Gyrus 6 640 4.75
-32 28 -6 L. Insula 13 117 4.53
38 -94 4 R. Middle Occipital Gyrus 19 939 4.86 42 -86 -10 R. Inferior Occipital Gyrus 18 3140 5.79
26 -62 56 R. Precuneus 7 247 4.13 4 -76 -18 R. Declive * 224 4.30
50 -2 20 R. Inferior Frontal Gyrus 9 113 4.12 32 -68 32 R. Precuneus 39 1261 4.65
28 2 28 R. Cingulate Gyrus 24 645 4.93 22 -30 10 R. Thalamus * 198 4.56

Children > Adults -36 -70 2 L. Middle Occipital Gyrus 19 36 4.15 Adults > Children -22 -80 -12 L. Lingual Gyrus 18 82 4.20
-40 48 12 L. Middle Frontal Gyrus 10 203 4.31
38 -68 2 R. Middle Occipital Gyrus 19 35 3.85 26 -82 -16 R. Middle Occipital Gyrus 18 65 3.93
44 -58 -6 R. Middle Temporal Gyrus 37 37 3.84 14 -14 -28 R. Parahippocampal Gyrus 34 63 3.57
16 -20 34 R. Cingulate Gyrus 24 98 4.09
32 6 28 R. Precentral Gyrus 6 66 3.90

RW > FF Children -40 -44 -18 L. Fusiform Gyrus 37 43 3.97 Adults -14 -10 36 L. Cingulate Gyrus 24 42 6.46
-34 -14 -2 L. Lentiform Nucleus * 22 4.15
-48 10 24 L. Inferior Frontal Gyrus 9 69 4.52
2 -90 -8 R. Lingual Gyurs 18 29 3.51 12 -74 -10 R. Lingual Gyrus 18 20 5.20
14 -78 -12 R. Lingual Gyrus 18 40 4.48 14 36 30 R. Medial Frontal Gyrus 9 21 4.99

Children > Adults -32 -64 -16 L. Fusiform Gyrus * 73 4.08 Adults > Children -32 -74 4 L. Lingual Gyrus 19 21 3.65
-46 -8 52 L. Precentral Gyrus 6 28 3.80 -22 -12 38 L. Cingulate Gyrus 24 45 3.77
24 -80 -16 R. Lingual Gyrus 18 37 4.00 24 64 16 R. Superior Frontal Gyrus 10 21 3.48
40 -70 16 R. Middle Temporal Gyrus 39 25 3.66 14 34 32 R. Medial Frontal Gyrus 9 33 3.69
20 -44 -26 R. Culmen * 26 3.78
46 -28 22 R. Insula 13 53 4.36
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All co-ordinates listed in the table correspond to the MNI stereotaxic space. Anatomical locations of activated brain areas were identified by converting these MNI co-ordinates into the Talairach anatomical space (Talairach and Tournoux, 1998) using the Yale non-linear (MNI2TAL) transformation (Lacadie et al., 2008) and the Talairach Daemon available online at www.talairach.org/daemon.html. RW: Real Words; FF: False-Fonts; k: cluster size. Boldface values indicate effects surviving an FWE whole-brain corrected threshold of p<0.05.