Table 2.
Summary of main activations for visual reading and visual Braille reading contrasted with control conditions across the tactile Braille course.
| Contrast | Voxel-wise p treshold | Region | BA | Hemisphere | Z score | Cluster size | MNI coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual words vs. Control before training |
p = 0.005 | Inferior Temporal Gyrus | 37 | Left | 7.43 | 359 | -42 | -70 | -9 |
| Fusiform Gyrus (VWFA) | 37 | Left | 5.02 | -42 | -52 | -16 | |||
| Middle Occipital Gyrus | 18 | Left | 3.17 | -24 | -94 | 3 | |||
| Visual Braille vs Control before training |
p = 0.005 | Precuneus | 19 | Right | 5.83 | 1767 | 30 | -64 | 39 |
| Middle Temporal Gyrus | 37 | Right | 5.58 | 45 | -64 | -9 | |||
| Middle Occipital Gyrus | 19 | Right | 5.19 | 48 | -76 | -1 | |||
| 19 | Left | 5.60 | 1640 | -45 | -85 | -1 | |||
| Inferior Frontal Gyrus | 9 | Left | 5.81 | 1374 | -42 | 2 | 27 | ||
| Middle Frontal Gyrus | 6 | Left | 5.20 | -30 | -4 | 55 | |||
| Precentral Gyrus | 6 | Left | 5.11 | -51 | -4 | 39 | |||
| Fusiform Gyrus (VWFA) | 37 | Left | 5.62 | 1640 | -45 | -58 | -12 | ||
| Inferior Occipital Gyrus | 19 | Left | 5.59 | -42 | -73 | -9 | |||
| Visual Braille vs. Control x after > before training |
p = 0.005 | Precuneus | 7 | Right | 4.88 | 797 | 6 | -64 | 35 |
| 31 | Left | 4.29 | -9 | -61 | 27 | ||||
| Middle Temporal Gyrus | 39 | Right | 4.04 | 275 | 51 | -64 | 23 | ||
| 39 | Left | 4.00 | 297 | -45 | -67 | 27 | |||
| 39 | Left | 3.86 | -54 | -70 | 23 | ||||
| Superior Temporal Gyrus | 13 | Right | 3.83 | 275 | 45 | -49 | 23 | ||
| Inferior Parietal Lobule | 40 | Right | 2.78 | 60 | -52 | 43 | |||
| Superior Parietal Lobule | 7 | Left | 3.45 | 297 | -45 | -67 | 51 | ||
| Medial Frontal Gyrus | 10 | Left | 3.79 | 1184 | -3 | 62 | -1 | ||
| 10 | Left | 3.73 | -9 | 50 | -5 | ||||
| Superior Frontal Gyrus | 8 | Right | 3.64 | 9 | 47 | 43 | |||