Table 2.
Brain areas that showed significant differences between Complex and Simple arithmetic problems in the DD and TD groups.
| Region | BA | # of voxels | Peak Z-score | Peak MNI coordinates |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | ||||
| TD group | ||||||
| Complex > Simple | ||||||
| L IPS | 7 | 440 | 3.22 | −24 | −82 | 48 |
| L Precuneus | 19 | 3.04 | −20 | −84 | 48 | |
| L SPL | 7 | 2.79 | −28 | −70 | 50 | |
| R Precuneus | 7 | 573 | 3.22 | 2 | −68 | 56 |
| L Precuneus | 7 | 2.87 | −4 | −66 | 44 | |
| R IPS/SPL | 7 | 481 | 3.15 | 36 | −62 | 58 |
| R SMG | 40 | 3.08 | 44 | −50 | 58 | |
| L/R Fusiform gyrus, L | 17, 18 | 5426 | 4.76 | −22 | −94 | −18 |
| Cerebellum, L ITG | 37 | |||||
| L Visual cortex | 18 | 4.66 | −22 | −102 | −4 | |
| L LOC | 19 | 3.81 | −36 | −92 | −14 | |
| R MFG | 9 | 7331 | 4.46 | 50 | 28 | 26 |
| R Frontopolar cortex | 11 | 3.98 | 26 | 60 | −4 | |
| R MFG | 8 | 3.81 | 8 | 32 | 44 | |
| R PMC | 6 | 3.81 | 54 | 12 | 44 | |
| L MFG | 9 | 3061 | 3.77 | −54 | 22 | 32 |
| L MFG | 10 | 3.68 | −46 | 52 | 4 | |
| L MFG | 47 | 3.47 | −36 | 42 | 4 | |
| L PMC | 6 | 134 | 3.08 | −28 | 2 | 60 |
| L Insula | 13 | 176 | 2.90 | −32 | 18 | 2 |
| L Mid-cingulate gyrus | 23 | 402 | 2.90 | 2 | −10 | 34 |
| L Posterior-cingulate gyrus | 31 | 2.74 | −2 | −30 | 32 | |
| R Anterior-cingulate | 24 | 2.58 | 4 | 6 | 30 | |
| Brain Stem | 182 | 3.44 | 0 | −14 | −8 | |
| Simple > Complex | ||||||
| None | ||||||
| DD group | ||||||
| Complex > Simple | ||||||
| None | ||||||
| Simple > Complex | ||||||
| L vmPFC | 11 | 350 | 3.01 | −8 | 38 | −6 |
| R vmPFC | 10 | 2.66 | 6 | 44 | −6 | |
| R Caudate | 143 | 3.28 | 2 | 12 | −6 | |
| R MTG | 37 | 132 | 2.72 | 60 | −60 | 18 |
IPS = intraparietal sulcus; ITG = inferior temporal gyrus; LOC = lateral occipital cortex; MFG = middle frontal gyrus; MTG = middle temporal gyrus; PMC = premotor cortex; SMG = supramarginal gyrus; SPL = superior parietal lobule; vmPFC = ventromedial prefrontal cortex.