Table 1.
Brain regions where activation for small clauses (sc) differs from full sentences and two-word sentences.
| Regions | BA | MNI Coordinates | t-Values | #Voxels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | |||||
| (A) Full Sentences > SC | |||||||
| Right Lingual Gyrus | 17 | 8 | -64 | 0 | 10.53 | 10945 | |
| Cuneus | 18 | 18 | -96 | 22 | 9.78 | ||
| Left Posterior Cingulate Gyrus | 30 | -22 | -58 | 6 | 6.32 | ||
| Right Cingulate Gyrus | 32 | 0 | 30 | 28 | 6.56 | 141 | |
| Right/Left Medial Frontal Gyrus | 6/8 | 6 | 38 | 32 | 4.77 | ||
| Right Thalamus | NA | 24 | -28 | 8 | 6.44 | 123 | |
| Left Middle Temporal Gyrus | 21 | -62 | -50 | -2 | 6.40 | 367 | |
| Left Inferior Temporal Gyrus | 20 | -56 | -56 | -10 | 6.05 | ||
| Left Superior Temporal Gyrus | 39 | -46 | -48 | 8 | 5.29 | ||
| Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus | 9 | -50 | 16 | 28 | 6.27 | 288 | |
| Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus | 44 | -48 | 8 | 16 | 5.14 | ||
| Left Precentral Gyrus | 6 | -32 | 6 | 26 | 5.11 | ||
| Right Superior Temporal Gyrus | 22 | 62 | -34 | 8 | 6.15 | 227 | |
| Right Middle Temporal Gyrus | 21 | 66 | -50 | -2 | 5.92 | ||
| Right Putamen | NA | 24 | 6 | -10 | 5.88 | 184 | |
| Right Middle Frontal Gyrus | 6 | 28 | 6 | 54 | 5.83 | 220 | |
| Right Precentral Gyrus | 6 | 48 | 4 | 54 | 4.83 | ||
| Left Precentral Gyrus | 6 | -46 | 0 | 46 | 5.65 | 224 | |
| Left Precentral Gyrus | 4 | -42 | -12 | 60 | 4.91 | ||
| Left Inferior Parietal Lobule | 40 | -42 | -40 | 46 | 5.47 | 116 | |
| Left Middle Frontal Gyrus | 6 | -20 | -4 | 50 | 5.37 | 244 | |
| Right Insula | 13 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 4.64 | 120 | |
| Right Precentral Gyrus | 44 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 4.19 | ||
| (B) Two-word Sentences > SC | |||||||
| Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus | 44 | -48 | 8 | 16 | 6.25 | 102 | |
| Left Precentral Gyrus | 6 | -52 | -2 | 6 | 3.48 | ||
| Left Posterior Cingulate Gyrus | 30 | -24 | -58 | 8 | 5.38 | 108 | |
| (C) Conjunction: (A) Full Sentences > SC ∩ (B) Two-word Sentences > SC | |||||||
| (A) FullS >SC | (B) 2WordS >SC | ||||||
| Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus | 44 | -48 | 8 | 16 | 5.14 | 6.25 | 40∗ |
| Right Putamen | NA | 26 | 2 | -2 | 5.25 | 4.04 | 10 |
| Right Putamen | NA | 24 | 6 | -10 | 5.88 | 3.36 | 9 |
| Right Uncus | 28 | 28 | 4 | -36 | 4.50 | 4.38 | 11 |
| Right Middle Temporal Gyrus | 22 | 60 | -44 | 0 | 4.46 | 3.11 | 11 |
| Left Posterior Cingulate Gyrus | 30 | -22 | -58 | 6 | 6.32 | 3.36 | 16∗ |
| Left Inferior Occipital Gyrus | 18 | -26 | -96 | -16 | 4.12 | 4.08 | 11 |
| Right Middle Occipital Gyrus | 18 | 32 | -90 | 2 | 5.95 | 3.01 | 22 |
| Right Precuneus | 7 | 24 | -68 | 42 | 6.67 | 3.75 | 11 |
| Right Cuneus | 19 | 26 | -84 | 38 | 4.84 | 3.05 | 10 |
(A,B) Clusters identified by contrasting Full Sentences > Small Clauses (A) and Two-word Sentences > Small Clauses (B). Voxel-level threshold p < 0.005, extent threshold of 100 contiguous voxels. (C) Clusters identified by a conjunction analysis between Full Sentence > Small Clauses and Two-word Sentences > Small Clauses (each contrast at a p < 0.005 threshold). Conjunction clusters exceeding 9 contiguous voxels are listed. Peak voxel coordinates, mean cluster t-values per contrast and number of voxels are reported. ∗denotes regions identified in the conjunction analysis clusters that survived the threshold of p < 0.005 with 100 contiguous voxels at the base contrasts.