Table 3.

Activation for each visual input form relative to the baseline task in deaf native signers (n = 13)

	Size	x	y	z	BA
voxels/cm3
Fingerspelled English words (FS)
L middle occipital/inferior temporal gyri*,a	1298/350.46	− 47	− 63	− 7	19/37
Anterior cingulate	154/41.58	0	15	46	6
L precentral gyrus	371/100.17	− 43	− 4	46	6
L inferior/middle/superior frontal gyri	196/52.92	− 43	37	10	46
L inferior/middle temporal gyri	142/38.34	− 47	− 41	3	22
L superior temporal gyrus	222/59.94	− 58	− 26	10	41
L fusiform gyrus*	213/57.51	− 47	− 63	− 7	19/37
R inferior/middle temporal gyri*	290/78.30	43	− 59	0	37
L precuneus	201/54.27	− 29	− 44	43	7
R inferior/middle frontal gyri	241/65.07	40	22	20	45/46
BSL signs (SL)
L middle occipital/inferior temporal gyri*	479/129.33	− 47	− 63	− 7	19/37
R fusiform/inferior temporal gyri*	321/86.67	43	− 56	− 10	37
L middle frontal gyrus	428/115.56	− 40	19	26	9
R middle frontal gyrus	160/43.20	47	0	40	6
Written English words (TEXT)
L fusiform gyrus**	185/49.95	− 22	− 81	− 10	19
L middle frontal gyrus	246/66.42	− 40	19	26	9
Pictures (PICS)
L fusiform gyrus/inferior temporal gyri*	503/135.81	− 43	− 63	− 10	19/37
R fusiform gyrus/inferior temporal gyri**	295/79.65	36	− 63	− 20	20/36
L inferior/middle frontal gyri	170/45.90	− 36	19	23	44/46

Coordinates report maxima of 3-D clusters. L = left. R = right. Voxelwise P = 0.05; clusterwise P = 0.0025.

* Indicates focal coordinates consistent with the VWFA (or its right hemisphere homologue). ** Indicates clusters in which there are subpeaks consistent with the VWFA (or its right hemisphere homologue).

^a This cluster has been decomposed into six sub-clusters using a model-driven cluster analysis (MClust; see Materials and methods section). Details for each of the six sub-clusters revealed by MClust appear below the peak cluster, indented and in italics.