Table 1.
Brain regions and local maxima of clusters, recruited by novices during action observation of successful trials compared to unsuccessful trials.
| Difficulty level | Brain region | k | X | Y | Z | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | Temporal pole (BA 38) | 5 | -52 | 10 | -14 | 2.8 |
| Middle temporal gyrus (BA 20) | 9 | 44 | 8 | -34 | 2.8 | |
| Medium | Cerebellum | 87 | -10 | -48 | 4 | 10.5 |
| Fusiform gyrus (BA 37) | 87 | -28 | -38 | -20 | 7.5 | |
| Calcarine (BA 17) | 6 | -14 | -58 | 10 | 4.7 | |
| Hard | Superior occipital gyrus (BA 19) | 46 | -18 | -82 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Superior occipital gyrus (BA 19) | 7 | 26 | -86 | 36 | 9.0 | |
| Superior occipital gyrus (BA 19) | 7 | 20 | -92 | 30 | 6.4 | |
| Precentral gyrus (BA 6) | 34 | -20 | -16 | 64 | 6.3 | |
| Middle temporal gyrus (BA 21) | 16 | -60 | -48 | -4 | 5.2 | |
| Cuneus (BA 18) | 8 | 22 | -68 | 20 | 5.0 |
In the analyses a voxel-wise threshold of 0.005 uncorrected was used in combination with a cluster threshold of minimum five voxels.