Figure 2. Localization of the word and pseudo word sites.

Figure 2 shows the localization of word and pseudo word reading stimulation sites positioned in the standard normalized Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) space (listed in Table 3 - Numbers inside the dots refer to patient number listed in this table). Overall, 26 common words and pseudo word reading interferences (red) were found in different regions of posterior Sylvian fissure. Fourteen specific word reading (blue) and 11 specific pseudo word reading were detected (green). Group analysis demonstrated that specific word or pseudo word reading areas exhibited a clear somatotopy, pseudo-word reading interferences being located in the anterior part of the supramarginal gyrus (barycentre: x = −68.1; y = −25.9; z = 30.2; Brodmann’s area 40) and word reading areas in the temporal gyrus (barycentre: x = −68.3; y = −32.4; z = 19.9 Brodmann’s area 42).