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. 2014 Jan 24;9(1):e85880. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085880

Table 3. Cortical regions revealed significant test-retest reliability of functional lateralization.

No Anatomical regions BA MNI coordinates Peak value
x y z Z value ICC value Cluster size (Voxels)
Intra-session reliability
Broca's area
1 Bilateral IFG/MFG/SFG and extend to SMA and ACC 10/8/9 −3 15 57 6.02 0.865 2721
2 Left MTG/STG and IPG/SPG 40/7/21 −36 −63 −39 6.15 0.872 1188
3 Bilateral precuneus and extend to MCC and calcarine gyrus 7/31 6 −54 39 6.37 0.883 480
4 Bilateral MFG/SFG and extend to ACC 11 −3 45 −15 5.46 0.831 460
5 Right SMG, IPG and extend to postcentral gyrus 40 27 −39 51 5.31 0.821 375
Wernicke's area
1 Left IFG/MFG/SFG and IPG, also include STG/MTG and bilateral MCC and precuneus 7/40/10 −45 −51 36 7.50 0.927 4960
2 Right IFG/MFG/SFG 10/9/47 42 12 −6 5.95 0.861 1147
3 Right MTG, SMG, AG and extend to IPG 40/39 51 −60 48 5.88 0.857 1127
Inter-session reliability
Broca's area
1 Left IFG/MFG/SFG and extend to SMA 6 −6 18 51 5.91 0.859 1203
2 Left SPG/IPG and AG 40 −39 −57 48 6.28 0.879 672
3 Bilateral MFG and ACC 10/9/32 −3 42 27 5.39 0.826 523
4 Right IFG/MFG 9/8 51 21 36 5.36 0.824 492
5 Bilateral MCC and precuneus 31/7 15 −45 30 5.06 0.802 360
Wernicke's area
1 Left ITG/MTG/STG SMG and bilateral precuneus 7/40/31 −3 −45 36 5.77 0.851 2415
2 Left MFG/SFG precentral gyrus and bilateral ACC 9/10/8 −51 15 33 5.81 0.853 1566
3 Right AG, SMG and extend to STG/MTG 40/39 60 −51 30 5.83 0.854 850
4 Right SFG/MFG/IFG 10/8/9 42 15 54 5.33 0.822 662
5 Right IFG and insula 13 51 18 −6 6.11 0.870 452
6 Left IFG insula and STG 13 −51 21 −9 5.55 0.837 311
7 Right ITG/MTG/STG 21 63 −45 −18 5.58 0.839 275

Abbreviations: IFG  =  inferior frontal gyrus, MFG  =  middle frontal gyrus, SFG  =  superior frontal gyrus, ITG  =  inferior temporal gyrus, MTG  =  middle temporal gyrus, STG  =  superior temporal gyrus, IPG  =  inferior parietal gyrus, SPG  =  superior parietal gyrus, ACC  =  anterior cingulate gyrus, MCC  =  middle cingulate gyrus, AG  =  angular gyrus, SMG  =  supramarginal gyrus, SMA  =  supplemental motor gyrus.