Table 2.

Whole brain activations associated with the flanker conditions for the Cantonese–Mandarin–English trilinguals in the L1-L2, L2-L3 and L1-L3 contexts.

	Congruent > fixation						Incongruent > fixation
	Peak MNI Coordinate				Voxel		Peak MNI Coordinate				Voxel
	BA	x	y	z	size	t	BA	x	y	z	size	t
L1-L2 context
Insula	–	-42	0	9	32	5.1
Postcentral gyrus	1	-63	-18	30	131	6.3	1	-54	-21	27	30	5.2
	1	60	-15	24			1	63	-15	21	18	5.3
Supramarginal gyrus							40	-60	-21	42	12	4.9
Fusiform gyrus	37	27	-48	-18	1857	8.9
Lingual gyrus							18	15	-87	-12	1437	9.1
Thalamus	-	-21	-30	3	15	7.1	-	-21	-30	3	15	6.7
L2-L3 context
Inferior frontal gyrus							44	48	9	21	15	5.5
Insula	–	-36	3	-3	16	4.7
	–	36	6	3	15	5.0	–	45	9	-3	53	5.9
Rolandic operculum							–	-39	-3	15	25	5.5
Postcentral gyrus	1	-60	-18	24	52	5.1
Supramarginal gyrus	40	57	-21	21	42	4.8	40	-63	-21	21	52	5.8
							40	57	-21	21	180	5.6
Lingual gyrus							18	15	-78	-12	2061	7.7
Fusiform gyrus	37	21	-48	-15	2037	9.6
Thalamus	–	24	-30	0	15	6.7	-	24	-30	0	19	6.5
L1-L3 context
Middle frontal gyrus	9	33	36	21	17	5.0	9	33	36	21	23	5.3
Inferior frontal gyrus	44	60	15	15	29	4.9	44	51	15	0	12	4.3
							45	45	39	3	26	5.2
Insula	–	-27	-3	-9	13	4.9
	–	39	3	0	14	5.5	–	36	0	12	18	4.6
Rolandic operculum							–	-48	-9	12	29	5.4
Postcentral gyrus	1	-54	-21	39	119	5.7
	1	54	-24	54	21	5.2
Heschl gyrus	13	-48	-12	9	33	5.1
Superior parietal lobule							7	21	-69	57	24	5.2
Inferior parietal lobule							40	-48	-39	57	234	6.2
Precuneus							7	12	-48	75	16	4.2
Supramarginal gyrus							40	60	-18	27	212	7.0
							40	30	-39	42	21	4.4
Lingual gyrus	18	9	-78	-9	1722	8.1	18	9	-78	-9	2371	8.4
Caudate	–	-18	-15	24	25	5.6	–	-18	-21	24	22	5.0
	–	18	-21	21	25	5.6	–	18	-15	24	14	5.1
Putamen	–	27	-3	-12	18	5.3		-30	-12	-9	24	5.3
							–	33	-15	-6	16	6.3
Hippocampus							–	-24	-30	-3	15	5.3
							–	18	-30	-3	32	6.4
Cerebellum	–	15	-72	-42	12	4.7	–	-3	-69	-36	14	4.9
							–	15	-69	-42	14	4.4