Table 6.

Mean coordinates localized by the split-half cross-validation analysis^a

	Congenitally blind					Sighted
	MNI coordinates			n (N)	Anatomical region	MNI coordinates			n (N)	Anatomical region
	x	y	z			x	y	z
Right EBA
Mean	53.1	−56.2	4.9	17 (18)	Middle temporal gyrus	49.9	−58.9	3.5	26 (28)	Middle temporal gyrus
SEM	1.3	2.2	2.3			0.9	1.1	1.4
Left EBA
Mean	−50.9	−61.4	5.1	18 (18)	Middle temporal gyrus	−48.6	−63.4	3.6	26 (28)	Middle temporal gyrus
SEM	1.8	1.5	1.7			1.6	1.9	1.2

^aMNI coordinates, mean peak coordinates of hand-sensitive activation within the EBA; n, number of subjects who showed hand-sensitive activation in at least one-half of the split data; N, total number of subjects in each group. See Figure 5 for response to each object category.