Table 1.

Amodal regions activated by sentences and words (17 subjects)

Region	Left hemisphere						Right hemisphere
	Coordinates			Z scores			Coordinates			Z scores
	x	y	z	Main effect	Visual	Auditory	x	y	z	Main effect	Visual	Auditory
pSTS (P)	−52	−42	6	Inf	Inf	7.2
STS	−64	−38	4	Inf	7.7	6.9	54	−32	4	6.6	5.8	5.8
STS	−58	−28	0	Inf	7.8	7.8
STS	−52	−26	−4	Inf	7.2	7.5	54	−26	−4	6.8	5.9	6.4
STS	−60	−14	−4	6.9	5.5	6.9
STS	−54	−6	−10	7.7	6.5	7.1	58	−2	−10	6	4.7	5.9
STS	−56	6	−12	6.7	6.5	6.4
aSTS (A)	−54	10	−14	6.9	5.7	6.6	58	10	−12	6.3	4.4	6.6
							52	18	−20	5.7	4.2	5.8
Anterior occipitotemporal sulcus	−42	−40	−16	5.8	5.3	4.4
Temporoparietal
Posterior middle temporal gyrus	−50	−56	12	5.1	4.2	4.6
Posterior superior temporal gyrus	−60	−48	14	6.6	5.4	6	54	−42	12	5.2	4.8	4.6
Ventral supramarginal gyrus	−54	−42	24	6.2	5.5	5.3
Inferior frontal lobe
Pars orbitalis	−46	24	−6	6.8	5.9	6.5
Pars triangularis	−40	30	−2	7.8	6.9	7.0
	−58	16	2	5.3	5.2	4.5
Pars opercularis	−46	12	20	6.1	5.7	4.8
	−52	16	24	6.6	6.2	5.2

Main effect of auditory and visual sentences and words at p < 0.001, masked inclusively at p < 0.001, by sentences and words for each modality was measured independently. Clusters represent local maxima. ROIs used in the DCM analysis are shown in bold.