Table 3.
Connection strengths (in Hz): Strength of endogenous and modulatory connections during matching (A) and speaking (B) tasks. Abbreviations: Pos = input region in posterior FG2, Sup = superior (middle) vOT (posterior-superior FG4), Inf = inferior (middle) vOT (anterior-inferior FG2), Ant = anterior vOT (FG4).
| A. Matching tasks | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connection | Endogenous | Semantic > perceptual matching | Objects > Words | ||||||||||
| From | To | M | SD | t (53) | p | M | SD | t (53) | p | M | SD | t (53) | p |
| Pos | Sup | 0.21 | 0.02 | 12.83 | <.001* | 0.27 | 0.03 | 8.45 | <.001* | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.86 | >.2 |
| Inf | 0.27 | 0.02 | 12.56 | <.001* | 0.34 | 0.04 | 8.43 | <.001* | 0.06 | 0.03 | 1.96 | = .056 | |
| Sup | Pos | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.30 | >.2 | −0.08 | 0.04 | −2.04 | = .047* | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.75 | >.2 |
| Inf | −0.13 | 0.02 | −5.83 | <.001* | −0.10 | 0.04 | −2.65 | = .011* | −0.12 | 0.04 | −3.47 | = .001* | |
| Ant | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1.31 | = .197 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 4.96 | < .001* | −0.02 | 0.02 | −1.01 | >.2 | |
| Inf | Pos | 0.09 | 0.04 | 2.41 | = .020* | −0.13 | 0.02 | −5.46 | <.001* | 0.09 | 0.03 | 2.68 | = .010* |
| Sup | −0.18 | 0.01 | −13.95 | <.001* | −0.06 | 0.04 | −1.81 | = .076 | −0.05 | 0.03 | −1.66 | = .104 | |
| Ant | 0.09 | 0.02 | 4.93 | <.001* | 0.07 | 0.02 | 3.22 | = .002* | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.32 | >.2 | |
| Ant | Sup | 0.09 | 0.02 | 5.31 | <.001* | −0.21 | 0.03 | −6.96 | <.001* | −0.10 | 0.03 | −3.09 | = .003* |
| Inf | 0.00 | 0.04 | −0.15 | >.2 | −0.27 | 0.04 | −7.11 | <.001* | −0.13 | 0.02 | −7.09 | <.001* | |
| B. Speaking tasks | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connection | Endogenous | Reading/Naming > saying “1,2,3″ | Objects > Words | |||||||||||||
| From | To | M | SD | t (53) | p | M | SD | t (53) | p | M | SD | t (53) | p | |||
| Pos | Sup | 0.17 | 0.01 | 21.74 | <.001* | 0.17 | 0.03 | 6.14 | <.001* | 0.13 | 0.02 | 5.16 | <.001* | |||
| Inf | 0.27 | 0.02 | 14.51 | <.001* | 0.31 | 0.02 | 12.79 | <.001* | 0.15 | 0.03 | 5.56 | <.001* | ||||
| Sup | Pos | 0.25 | 0.08 | 3.09 | = .003* | −0.07 | 0.04 | −1.88 | = .066 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.36 | >.2 | |||
| Inf | −0.02 | 0.04 | −0.66 | >.2 | −0.14 | 0.04 | −4.00 | <.001* | −0.08 | 0.03 | −2.62 | = .012* | ||||
| Ant | 0.22 | 0.03 | 6.85 | <.001* | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.01 | > .2 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.57 | >.2 | ||||
| Inf | Pos | −0.07 | 0.04 | −1.96 | = .056 | −0.08 | 0.03 | −2.57 | = .013* | 0.16 | 0.02 | 7.09 | <.001* | |||
| Sup | −0.18 | 0.01 | −16.75 | <.001* | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.59 | >.2 | −0.10 | 0.03 | −3.80 | <.001* | ||||
| Ant | −0.01 | 0.01 | −1.92 | = .060 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 5.21 | < .001* | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.11 | >.2 | ||||
| Ant | Sup | 0.10 | 0.02 | 5.21 | <.001* | −0.21 | 0.03 | −6.86 | <.001* | −0.07 | 0.02 | −3.22 | = .002* | |||
| Inf | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.37 | >.2 | −0.21 | 0.02 | −12.13 | <.001* | −0.29 | 0.03 | −9.49 | <.001* | ||||