Table 3. Sex Differences in Spatial Working Memory BOLD Activation.
Brain Region | BA | Voxels | x | y | z |
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Boys > Girls | |||||
R rostral anterior cingulate cortex | 32 | 157 | 5 | 23 | -7 |
R inferior frontal gyrus/anterior insula | 47 | 141 | 41 | 20 | 4 |
R middle temporal gyrus | 39 | 133 | 38 | -71 | 29 |
L inferior frontal gyrus/anterior insula | 47 | 104 | -34 | 26 | -1 |
R precuneus | 7 | 86 | 5 | -55 | 35 |
R middle frontal gyrus | 9 | 79 | 20 | 56 | 29 |
L dorsolateral prefrontal cortex | 9 | 56 | -52 | 23 | 35 |
Girls > Boys | |||||
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All voxels are significant at voxel-wise p < .01 and whole-brain corrected α < .05. Peak coordinates for the clusters are presented in standard Talairach space. L, left; R, right; BA, Brodmann area.