Table 4.

Regions showing a significant correlation between brain responses to touch and age.

	Contrast	Region	x,y,z	r	p	Nr Voxels
All (n = 41)	Arm + Palm > Rest	R SII	41, −26, 27	−0.57	0.000	17
		L middle occipital gyrus	−55, −62, −9	0.49	0.001	12
	Arm > Rest	R SII	41, −20, 24	−0.51	0.001	13
Females (n = 19)	Arm + Palm > Rest	R pSTS/MTG	44, −50, −3	0.77	<0.001	26
		L pSTS/MTG	−58, −56, −6	0.74	<0.001	33
		R precuneus	17, −62, 33	0.71	0.001	17
		R cerebellum	17, −62, −21	0.74	<0.001	17
		R cerebellum	14, −44, −39	0.77	<0.001	27
		R cerebellum	14, −44, −39	0.77	<0.001	27
	Arm > Rest	L pSTS/MTG	−40, −56, −6	0.73	0.000	19
Males (n = 19)	n.s.

Talairach x,y,z coordinates and statistics refer to the voxel with the maximum signal change in each region. Abbreviations: right (R), left (L), secondary somatosensory cortex (SII), posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS), medial temporal gyrus (MTG).