Table 3. Brain activation comparisons during the 2-back task in the exercise and control sessions.
Brain region (Brodmann, BA) | Cluster Size | MNI coordinates | Z score | t | p | ||
X | Y | Z | |||||
Exercise > Control | |||||||
Right middle frontal gyrus (BA 10) | 19 | 24 | 45 | 21 | 5.03 | 3.74 | 0.000 |
Right lingual gyrus (BA 17) | 50 | 21 | −78 | 3 | 5.33 | 3.88 | 0.000 |
Left fusiform gyrus (BA 19) | 6 | −27 | −57 | −12 | 4.12 | 3.28 | 0.000 |
Control > Exercise | |||||||
Anterior cingulate cortex (BA 32) | 57 | 6 | 21 | −9 | 5.92 | 4.12 | 0.000 |
Right paracentral lobule (BA 4) | 20 | 3 | −33 | 75 | 5.08 | 3.76 | 0.000 |
Left inferior frontal gyrus (BA 47) | 17 | −15 | 30 | −12 | 4.82 | 3.64 | 0.000 |