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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2014 Nov 14;66:193–203. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.10.037

Table 3.

Brain areas showing significant differences in activation between language and color-shape during single, stay, and switch trials (BA = Brodmann’s Area; R = right, L = left, C = cluster ≥ 256 mm3, PSC = Percent Signal Change).

Single: language > color-shape
Anatomical Location BA/subregion Volume (mm3) Center (x,y,z) T-value at Peak Intensity PSC Lang PSC Task
C1 Focus Point Right Thalamus - 1600 R2 P21 S16 −4.10 1.72 1.08
Right Medial Dorsal Nucleus -
Left Thalamus and Medial Dorsal Nucleus -

C2 Focus Point Right Thalamus - 1536 R2 P33 S4 −4.34 2.31 1.46
Left Thalamus -
Parahippocampal Gyrus -
Posterior Cingulate Gyrus -
Stay: color-shape > language
Anatomical Location BA/subregion Volume (mm3) Center (x,y,z) T-value at Peak Intensity PSC Lang PSC Task
C1 Focus Point Left Precentral Gyrus 155520 L38 A7 S36 5.71 0.22 0.81
Focus Point Left Precentral Gyrus L BA 6, 9, 44
Fronal Regions Inferior, Middle, Medial, Superior Frontal Gyrus R & L BA 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 32, 45, 46, 47; L BA 13, 44
Paracentral Lobule R & L BA 5, 31
Parietal Precuneus R & L BA 7, 31
Temporal Superior and Right Middle Temporal Gyrus R & L BA 13, 22; R BA 21, 38
Occipital Middle Occipital Gyrus
Left Cuneus Gyrus
Left Lingual Gyrus L BA 17, 18, 19
Fusiform Gyrus R & L BA 37
Cingulate Anterior, Posterior Cingulate Gyrus R & L BA 23, 24, 25, 31, 32; R BA 33; L BA 30
Insular Cortex Insula R & L BA 13, 22; R BA 21; L BA 47
Subcortical Parahippocampal Gyrus R & L BA 19, 30, 35, 36, 37; L BA 28
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Thalamus and Hypothalamus
Claustrum
Subcallosal Gyrus R & L BA 34
Basal Ganglia Caudate, Lentiform Nucleus, Putamen, Globus Pallidus

C2 Focus Point Left Superior Temporal Gyrus L BA 13, 21, 22, 39 4544 L46 P37 S4 4.84 0.18 0.51
Left Middle Temporal Gyrus L BA 22
Temporal Left Supramarginal Gyrus L BA 40
Left Angular Gyrus
Left Inferior Parietal Lobule L BA 40
Subcortical Left Paraphippocampal Gyrus
Left Caudate
Switch: language > color-shape
Anatomical Location BA/subregion Volume (mm3) Center (x,y,z) Peak Intensity PSC Lang PSC Task
C1 Focus Point Right Thalamus - 1728 R10 P13 S20 −3.47 1.68 1.03
Right Caudate -
Cingulate Gyrus -
Left Thalamus, Left Midline Nucleus, Left Lateral Dorsal Nucleus -

Clusters shown survived our cluster threshold alpha-protection procedure (clusters: individual voxel p < 0.025, volume > 1088 mm3, whole brain p < 0.05; see text for details).