Table 4.
Mean and SD for brain measures by groups.
| Area | Music | Sports control | Non-sports control |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Measures of cortical thickness in mm (mean and SD) by group. | |||
| R frontal lobe | 4.20 (0.16) | 4.27 (0.25) | 4.25 (0.16) |
| L frontal lobe | 4.21 (0.16) | 4.26 (0.22) | 4.20 (0.20) |
| R parietal lobe | 3.94 (0.21) | 3.99 (0.12) | 3.94 (0.17) |
| L parietal lobe | 4.02 (0.25) | 4 (0.20) | 3.99 (0.21) |
| R temporal lobe | 4.38 (0.16) | 4.45 (0.13) | 4.33 (0.23) |
| L temporal lobe | 4.43 (0.18) | 4.45 (0.11) | 4.36 (0.17) |
| R occipital LOBE | 3.50 (0.26) | 3.51 (0.25) | 3.41 (0.21) |
| L occipital lobe | 3.52 (0.27) | 3.56 (0.27) | 3.43 (0.21) |
| R cingulate | 4.10 (0.25) | 4.11 (0.25) | 4.07 (0.26) |
| L cingulate | 4.12 (0.22) | 4.07 (0.18) | 4.10 (0.24) |
| R insula | 5.16 (0.25) | 5.18 (0.39) | 5.12 (0.28) |
| L Insula | 5.19 (0.25) | 5.10 (0.28) | 5.14 (0.29) |
| (B) Measures of cortical surface area in cm2 (mean and SD) by group. | |||
| R frontal lobe | 382.72 (24.19) | 384.64 (48.45) | 365.84 (28.90) |
| L frontal lobe | 379.74 (24.30) | 380.39 (44.22) | 363.03 (26.40) |
| R parietal lobe | 256.86 (27.84) | 269.66 (32.59) | 258.80 (21.27) |
| L parietal lobe | 270.29 (20.80) | 287.14 (35.48) | 266.07 (21.18) |
| R temporal lobe | 227.40 (18.54) | 233.27 (31.72) | 221.19 (17.70) |
| L temporal lobe | 214.38 (15.99) | 224.11 (36.01) | 214.62 (18.35) |
| R occipital lobe | 158.65 (13.73) | 154.64 (14.37) | 157.33 (17.74) |
| L occipital lobe | 153.54 (11.76) | 149.13 (23.93) | 150.82 (20.74) |
| R cingulate | 39.91 (6.41) | 39.86 (6.43) | 38.94 (4.71) |
| L cingulate | 46.62 (3.92) | 46.9 (5.44) | 44.29 (5.45) |
| R insula | 15.70 (1.38) | 16.16 (2.08) | 15.38 (2.36) |
| L insula | 15.93 (1.42) | 16.63 (2.25) | 15.53 (2.30) |
| (C) Measures of gray matter volume in cc (mean and SD) by group. | |||
| R frontal lobe | 108.30 (8.72) | 110.92 (10.56) | 103.92 (9.40) |
| L frontal lobe | 107.36 (8.35) | 110.04 (10.38) | 102.93 (9.43) |
| R parietal lobe | 71.41 (8.41) | 76.19 (6.25) | 72.91 (6.69) |
| L parietal lobe | 74.54 (7.12) | 79.47 (8.43) | 74.33 (6.23) |
| R temporal lobe | 72.22 (5.75) | 75.12 (9.33) | 68.44 (7.95) |
| L temporal lobe | 68.84 (4.84) | 72.33 (10.63) | 67.30 (7.08) |
| R occipital lobe | 38.42 (3.46) | 37.86 (3.99) | 37.75 (4.07) |
| L occipital lobe | 36.50 (3.77) | 35.3 (4.79) | 35.75 (5.64) |
| R cingulate | 11.92 (1.93) | 11.8 (1.44) | 11.44 (1.19) |
| L cingulate | 13.45 (1.43) | 13.14 (1.40) | 12.49 (1.51) |
| R insula | 5.99 (0.50) | 6.15 (1.02) | 5.94 (0.96) |
| L insula | 5.98 (0.64) | 5.84 (1.09) | 5.64 (1.20) |
| Cortical thickness | Gray matter volume | Cortical surface area | |
| (D) Multivariate ANOVA results for each brain outcome by group. | |||
| F(24,48) = 0.766, p = 0.75 | F(28,44) = 0.928, p = 0.57 | F(24, 48) = 0.963, p = 0.52 | |