Skip to main content
. 2013 Mar 15;8(3):e59351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059351

Table 1. Brain areas more activated in insight than in noninsight solution.

Area BA Voxels x y z T Z
Insight > Noninsight in the early period of solution
Left superior temporal pole 38 752 28 10 28 6.31 4.41
Left inferior temporal gyrus 21 42 0 38 5.95 4.26
Left anterior cingulate cortex 32 58 10 42 8 6.06 4.31
Left middle frontal gyrus 8 148 44 20 48 5.96 4.27
Right angular gyrus 40 326 50 56 36 5.81 4.20
Right middle temporal gyrus 21 126 54 2 30 5.50 4.07
Left angular gyrus 39 1070 50 56 36 5.81 4.20
Left middle temporal gyrus 21 52 30 2 5.04 3.84
Right middle temporal gyrus 21 248 60 48 8 4.94 3.79
Right inferior frontal gyrus 47 81 24 14 20 4.74 3.69
Right parahippocampal gyrus 28 24 4 32 4.49 3.56
Insight > Noninsight in the late period of solution
Right middle temporal gyrus 21 834 68 44 6 7.46 4.83
Right middle temporal gyrus 37 56 56 8 5.52 4.07
Left olfactory 34 1720 24 6 18 7.02 4.68
Left middle temporal gyrus 20 54 8 26 6.73 4.57
Left hippocampus 20 26 10 20 6.20 4.36
Right angular gyrus 39 158 46 56 36 6.88 4.63
Right putamen 48 349 22 6 12 6.50 4.48
Right amygdala 34 28 4 10 5.96 4.27
Right hippocampus 20 30 6 20 4.37 3.49
Left middle frontal gyrus 46 124 38 22 42 6.38 4.44
Left anterior cingulate cortex 10 1032 4 52 2 5.83 4.21
Left medial frontal gyrus 10 8 54 18 5.79 4.19
Left middle temporal gyrus 21 333 52 32 2 5.49 4.06
Left angular gyrus 39 642 52 64 40 4.80 3.73
Left inferior parietal gyrus 40 60 48 44 4.78 3.71

BA, Brodmann area. Coordinates (x,y,z) were the MNI (Montreal Neurological Institute) coordinates. The thresholds were set at p<0.001 (uncorrected for multiple comparisons) and 50 or more contiguous voxels. T- and Z-scores of the activations were also shown.