Table 3.

Brain regions (Brodmann areas in parentheses) with significant activation within healthy adults from (a) a combined meta-analysis across all six executive function domains and (b) a conjunction meta-analysis for domains with more than nine included studies (flexibility, inhibition, and working memory)

		Maxima
Brain Region (BA)	Volume (mm3)	x	y	z
(a) Combined Across All Six Domains
Right Middle Frontal Gyrus (9)	20,048	40	30	28
Right Insula (13)		32	18	4
Right Middle Frontal Gyrus (10)		32	48	14
Right Inferior Parietal Lobule (40)	12,328	38	−50	42
Right Superior Parietal Lobule (7)		32	−60	42
Right Cuneus (19)		28	−76	28
Left Superior Parietal Lobule (7)	11,200	−28	−60	44
Right Precuneus (7)		8	−68	46
Left Precuneus (7)		−6	−62	44
Left Superior Frontal Gyrus (6)	9,112	−2	6	50
Left Insula (13)	6,744	−32	18	6
Left Cerebellar Declive	4,592	−34	−62	−20
Left Fusiform Gyrus (37)		−46	−50	−12
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus (10)	3,608	−36	44	18
Right Frontal Lobe Subgyral (6)	3,032	26	−2	54
Right Caudate Body	2,984	16	2	12
Right Thalamus		12	−8	14
Right Thalamus		6	−16	2
Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus (9)	2,776	−42	4	30
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus (9)	2,480	−40	26	28
Right Cerebellar Culmen	2,352	32	−60	−24
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus (6)	1,936	−28	−4	50
Right Temporal Lobe Subgyral (37)	1,912	46	−52	−6
Right Middle Temporal Gyrus (22)		50	−42	2
Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus (9)	1,080	44	6	32
Left Lentiform Nucleus Putamen	1,016	−20	8	4
Left Inferior Parietal Lobule (40)	864	−38	−52	40
Right Caudate Head	808	14	10	4
Right Cingulate Gyrus (32)	704	2	16	40
Left Thalamus	296	−2	−20	10
Right Middle Frontal Gyrus (11)	224	26	42	−10
Left Fusiform Gyrus (19)	128	−28	−80	−12
Left Lentiform Nucleus Putamen	128	−18	−2	12
(b) Conjunction Analysis
(Flexibility, Inhibition, and Working Memory)
Left Superior Parietal Lobule (7)	1,896	−26	−64	40
Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus (9)	1,880	−38	6	28
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus (9)		−48	6	36
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus (9)		−46	14	28
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus (9)		−42	22	28
Right Inferior Parietal Lobule (39)	856	34	−62	40
Right Precuneus (19)		30	−66	44
Right Middle Frontal Gyrus (6)	576	34	8	42
Right Precentral Gyrus (9)		40	8	36
Left Inferior Parietal Lobule (40)	568	−38	−52	44
Left Superior Frontal Gyrus (6)	528	−8	10	48
Left Cingulate Gyrus (32)		−6	18	42
Right Middle Frontal Gyrus (46)	432	40	26	22