Table 1.

Regional Activation for the Main Effect of Tasks in the fMRI Study

Brain Region	Brodmann’s Area	x	y	z	Peak t Value
Occipital lobe/fusiform gyrus
R calcarine	18	12	−96	0	10.97
R lingual gyrus	18/19/37	16	−90	−4
L inferior occipital	18/19/37	−36	−86	−4
Parietal lobe
L inferior parietal	7	−26	−60	40	5.61
L inferior parietal	40	−50	−50	40	5.35
Frontal lobe
R MFG	46	46	54	−2	6.78
L precentral	44	−52	14	36	5.57
L IFG (pTri)	45	−48	40	18	5.26
L MFG	45/46	−44	48	14
L IFG (pTri)	45	−50	44	2	5.48
L MFG		−44	50	−6
Subcortical regions
R caudate/thalamus		24	−26	0	7.96
		24	−26	14
L caudate/thalamus		−26	−28	−2	6.16

Rhyming tasks > baseline; p < .05, FWE corrected. t values are listed only for the peak coordinate in every cluster. x, y, z coordinates are given in MNI space.

MFG = middle frontal gyrus; IFG = inferior frontal gyrus; pTri = pars triangulars.