Table 2.
Brain responses [2b-0b across all conditions].
| Regions | X, Y, Z | T | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-way Anova – brain activations for all subjects | |||
| Thalamus dorsal [a] | 12 –6 10 | 11.31 | <0.001 |
| –10 –6 10 | 9.87 | <0.001 | |
| Thalamus [b] | 14 –6 10 | 11.57 | <0.001 |
| –12 –12 6 | 12.36 | <0.001 | |
| Occipital (Ccalcarine) [c] | –8 –78 10 | 7.19 | <0.001 |
| 12 –70 14 | 6.81 | <0.001 | |
| 4 –72 12 | 6.35 | 0.005 | |
| Intraparietal sulcus (IPS) [d] | –32 –43 51 | 6.33 | <0.001 |
| 32 –44 50 | 5.93 | <0.001 | |
| 34 –48 48 | 10.10 | <0.001 | |
| Fusiform [e] | –44 –60 –14 | 5.86 | <0.001 |
| Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) [f] | 44 36 32 | 9.07 | <0.001 |
| –46 32 36 | 9.67 | <0.001 | |
| Supplemental motor area (SMA) [g] | 6 12 52 | 10.94 | <0.001 |
| –4 14 50 | 13.89 | <0.001 | |
| Insula/fronto-insular [h] | 32 24 –2 | 17.45 | <0.001 |
| –32 22 0 | 15.26 | <0.001 | |
| 32 26 2 | 15.45 | <0.001 | |
| –28 28 2 | 11.52 | <0.001 | |
| Motor/Ppremotor [i] | –44 6 34 | 15.31 | <0.001 |
| Superior parietal gyrus (SPG) [j] | –26 –58 –62 | 6.34 | <0.001 |
| 28 58 60 | 8.71 | <0.001 | |
| Cerebellum [k] | 28 –60 –30 | 14.99 | <0.001 |
| 30 –66 –48 | 13.52 | <0.001 | |
| –32 –54 –30 | 13.15 | <0.001 | |
| Orbiofrontal Ccortex (OFC) [l] | 24 44 –14 | 9.08 | <0.001 |
| Cingular [m] | 4 8 28 | 8.11 | <0.001 |
| Temporal Iinferior [n] | –52 –60 –10 | 9.08 | <0.001 |
| 56 –46 –10 | 8.63 | <0.001 | |
| Temporal Ssuperior | –58 –24 2 | 6.03 | 0.01 |
| Caudate [o] | 16 0 10 | 12.16 | <0.001 |
| –12 2 6 | 11.13 | <0.001 | |
| Putamen [p] | 28 20 2 | 14.68 | <0.001 |
| –26 14 4 | 10.43 | <0.001 | |
| Young > Older-NL and Older-IOL | |||
| IntraPparietal Ssulcus (IPS) [q] | 30 –40 36 | 8.19 | <0.001 |
| –28 –40 36 | 6.20 | <0.004 | |
| Older-NL and Older-IOL > Young | |||
| ACC/MPFC [r] | 0 48 2 | 6.53 | <0.004 |
| –10 46 0 | 6.34 | <0.008 | |
| Mid-cingular [s] | –2 –14 36 | 6.81 | <0.002 |
| Precuneus (PCC) [t] | –2 –44 32 | 7.32 | <0.001 |
| –6 –36 38 | 6.28 | <0.002 | |
| Parietal superior and posterior [u] | –50 –56 48 | 6.19 | <0.009 |
| –38 –68 40 | 6.14 | <0.02 | |
| Frontal superior [v] | –12 44 48 | 6.27 | <0.008 |
| Frontal inferior [x] | –20 54 –2 | 7.05 | <0.001 |
| Angular gyrus | –46 –54 32 | 6.88 | <0.002 |
Brain responses to the n-back task [2b-0b] irrespective of light condition. Letters between [ ] correspond to letters of Figure 3. P < 0.05 values corrected for multiple comparisons over the entire brain volume (family wise error approach).