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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Sci. 2014 Aug 6;18(3):351–372. doi: 10.1111/desc.12216

Table 4.

Differences in brain activation between DD and TD groups. Brain areas that showed significant group differences in activation during addition and subtraction problem solving. Both the main effect of Group and the interaction between Group and Operation are shown

Region Cluster size (voxels) Peak z-score Peak MNI coordinates
x y z
DD > TD (Addition + Subtraction)
 Right visual cortex 392 4.07 16 −88 2
 Right posterior insula 243 3.62 46 0 −12
 Left lingual gyrus 191 3.56 −16 −76 4
 Left SFG 664 3.56 −14 0 62
 Right SMA/SFG 750 3.40 14 −2 50
 Right fusiform gyrus 167 3.26 32 −74 14
 Right ventricle/thalamus 189 2.94 22 −32 14
 Right IPS 242 2.91 40 −58 30
 Left fusiform gyrus 163 2.87 −40 50 −6
 Right IFG/anterior insula 216 2.85 50 32 16
 Right cuneal cortex 195 2.80 12 −72 30
 Left ventricle/hippocampus/PHG 179 2.75 −26 −34 4
TD > DD (Addition + Subtraction)
 No significant voxels
DD > TD (Subtraction − Addition)
 Left IPS/SMG/AG 837 3.34 −42 −42 50
 Left ITG/fusiform gyrus 129 3.11 −50 −50 −14
 Right anterior IPS 343 3.07 30 −34 40
 Right SPL/precuneus/posterior IPS/AG 1371 3.03 28 −60 58
TD > DD (Subtraction − Addition)
 No significant voxels

DD = Developmental Dyscalculia, TD = Typically Developing, SFG = Superior Frontal Gyrus, SMA = Supplementary Motor Area, IPS = Intraparietal Sulcus, IFG = Inferior Frontal Gyrus, PHG = ParaHippocampal Gyrus, SMG = SupraMarginal Gyrus, AG = Angular Gyrus, ITG = Inferior Temporal Gyrus, SPL = Superior Parietal Lobule. Other details as in Table 3.