Table 4.

Significant correlations with vocabulary size and brain activation during passage comprehension.

Cortical Region	Brodmann’s Area (Peak)	Cluster Size	Peak T-value	MNI coordinates
				x	y	z
A) Negative Correlation with Reading Skill: Context Sentence Only
Right Inferior Orbital Frontal	11	36	4.64	38	34	-12
Left Middle Superior Temporal	40	17	3.98	-52	-48	20
Left Fusiform/Inferior Occipital/Cerebellum	19	93	5.29	-38	-76	-22
Left Occipital	37	29	4.41	-52	-72	-4
Right Inferior Occipital/Cerebellum	19	18	4.32	38	-74	-26
B) Negative Correlation with Reading Skill: Coherent/Cohesive Inference Condition
Right Inferior Occipital/Cerebellum	19	17	4.42	38	-74	-24
C) Negative Correlation with Reading Skill: Coherent/Incohesive Inference Condition
Right Inferior Frontal	45	40	5.02	42	18	16
Right Middle Frontal	9	19	4.38	32	36	28
Right Inferior Orbital Frontal	47	35	5.05	38	34	-10
Right Superior Posterior Temporal	22	17	4.14	66	-38	14
D) Negative Correlation with Reading Skill: Less-coherent/Cohesive Inference Condition
Right Inferior Frontal	45	52	4.43	42	20	20
Right Parietal	40	17	4.42	32	-48	48
Right Inferior Occipital/Cerebelum	19	40	5.27	40	-74	-24
Left Middle/Superior Temporal and Parietal	40	51	5.17	-50	-50	20
Left Parietal	40	12	4.11	-66	-36	30
Left Inferior Occiptial, Fusiform, Cerebellum	19	48	4.84	-42	-74	-20
Left Inferior/Middle Occipital	19	45	4.10	-38	-70	4
E) Negative Correlation with Reading Skill: Less-coherent/Incohesive Inf Condition
Right Inferior Occipital/Cerebellum	19	12	4.54	38	-76	-24
F) Positive Correlation with Reading Skill: Less-coherent/Incohesive Inf Condition
Left Angular Gyrus	39	53	4.56	-52	-74	30