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. 2015 Nov 24;9:635. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00635

Table 1.

Brain areas activated by driving tasks.

Reference [Wal] [Cal] [Hor] [Jeo] [Sp1] [Sp2] [Li] [Kan] [Ber]
Method fMRI fMRI PET PET fMRI fMRI fMRI fMRI fMRI
GLM ICA GLM GLM MCCA GLM ISC
Left hemisphere
Precentral/postcentral BA4 BA6 BA4 BA4 BA4 BA6 BA4 BA6
BA1 BA6 BA6 BA6
BA3 BA3
Prefrontal BA11 BA9 BA44 BA9 BA9
BA10 BA47 BA45
BA47 BA47
BA13
Anterior cingulate BA24 BA24 BA32
BA32
Posterior cingulate/retrosplenial BA30 BA30 BA29 BA29
BA31 BA31
Para-hippocampal/hippocampal BA36 BA35 BA28
BA37 BA30 BA34
BA36
HC
Posterior parietal BA7 BA7 BA7 BA7 BA7 BA7 BA7
BA40 BA40 BA40 BA40
uperior temporal BA41
Parieto-occipital BA19 BA17 BA19 BA19 BA18 BA39
BA18
BA19
BA7
Middle temporal BA37 BA37
BA39 BA21
BA22
Occipito-temporal BA18 BA19 BA19
BA19 BA37
BA20
BA37
Occipital BA17 BA17 BA18 BA17 BA19
BA18 BA18 BA19 BA18
BA19
Basal ganglia Put. CN
Thalamus N.S. MDN
Cerebellum Culm.Ver. Culm. Decl.Uvula Tuber Pyr. Pyr. Ver-Tuber Culm.
Right hemisphere
Precentral/postcentral BA6 BA6 BA3 BA6 BA4 BA6 BA6 BA6
Precentral/postcentral BA6 BA6 BA3 BA8 BA6 BA6 BA6 BA6
Precentral/postcentral BA8 BA6 BA6 BA6
BA1
Prefrontal BA10 BA9 BA9 BA9 BA9
Prefrontal BA11 BA10 BA10 BA9 BA10
Prefrontal BA13 BA47 BA9 BA47
Prefrontal BA47 BA13 BA9
Anterior cingulate BA32 BA32 BA24
Posterior cingulate/retrosplenial BA30 BA24 BA30 BA31 BA29 BA23
BA31 BA30
Para-hippocampal/hippocampal BA36 BA20
BA37 BA36
Posterior parietal BA7 BA7 BA7 BA7 BA7 BA7 BA40
BA40 BA40
BA40 BA40
Superior temporal BA40 BA22
Parieto-occipital BA19 BA19 BA17 BA7 BA19 BA18 BA19
BA7 BA31 BA7
Middle temporal BA19 BA21 BA37 BA37
BA39 BA39
Occipito-temporal BA18 BA19 BA19 BA18 BA18
BA19 BA37 BA18 BA19
BA37 BA18 BA21
Occipital BA17 BA18 BA17
BA18 BA18
Basal ganglia CN GP
Thalamus VLN MDN VPM VPL
Cerebellum Culm. Ver. Ant. lobe Ton-sil Culm. Tuber Decl. Ver. Culm. Culm. Ton-sil Culm.

[Wal], Walter et al., 2001; [Cal], Calhoun et al., 2002; [Hor], Horikawa et al., 2005; [Jeo], Jeong et al., 2006; [Sp1], Spiers and Maguire, 2006; [Sp2], Spiers and Maguire, 2007; [Li], Li et al., 2012; [Kan], Kan et al., 2013; [Ber], Bernardi et al., 2014; Put., putamen; CN, Caudate nucleus; MDN, mediodorsal thalamic nucleus; VLN, ventrolateral thalamic nucleus; Pyr., pyramis; Culm., Culmen; Decl., Declive; GLM, General linear model; ICA, Independent component analysis; MCCA, Multiset canonical correlation analysis; ISC, Intersubject correlation. All results are for active simulated driving, except [Jeo] (real driving) and [Ber] (semi–active). For the passive simulated driving results in these studies and (Mader et al., 2009), see Supplementary Table S1.