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. 2013 Mar 20;33(12):5301–5311. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2593-12.2013

Table 1.

eWM training task-demand-related activation at pre-traininga

Brain region L/R Cluster size (voxels) Maxima of cluster x/y/z (mm)b Z
Activation increasec
    Superior frontal gyrus R 55 24/57/03 3.56
    Middle frontal gyrus L 125 −30/51/12 4.68
R 1216 27/15/51 4.80
R 1216 27/09/60 4.74
    Inferior frontal gyrus L 43 −39/21/27 3.67
    Supplementary motor area/middle cingulate L 1216 −06/18/45 4.73
    Middle orbitofrontal gyrus R 55 27/51/−12 3.66
    Inferior parietal lobe R 1671 42/−36/42 5.45
    Precuneus R 1671 −09/−57/51 5.10
    Inferior temporal gyrus R 64 51/−57/−09 4.33
    Middle posterior insula R 18 30/24/−03 3.16
    Globus pallidus L 13 −15/00/−03 3.10
    Caudate L 40 −12/06/12 2.96
    Cerebellum L 266 −12/−54/−45 4.59
L 266 −36/−66/−48 3.90
R 224 36/−54/−36 4.53
R 224 33/−63/−51 3.89
R 14 12/−54/−48 3.58
Activation decreased
    Medial prefrontal cortex (medial superior frontal gyrus) R 759 09/57/21 4.58
R 13 09/33/54 2.92
R 11 12/42/42 2.77
R 11 06/45/48 2.53
    Subgenual prefrontal cortex R 759 00/42/−18 4.32
    Rolandic operculum L 3856 −48/−24/18 6.11
R 1988 51/−21/18 5.47
    Precentral gyrus R 45 21/−27/63 3.63
    Superior temporal gyrus R 97 60/−57/24 3.35
    Temporoparietal junction L 142 −45/−63/24 3.63
    Middle temporal gyrus R 97 60/−60/09 3.87
R 97 54/−51/06 2.87
    Fusiform gyrus R 19 39/−33/−18 3.64
    Amygdala/hippocampus L 3856 −27/−06/−15 5.86
R 1988 27/−06/−15 4.99
    Parahippocampal region R 88 12/−39/−06 3.04
    Insula L 3856 −39/−06/−06 5.85
R 1988 39/−03/−09 4.84
    Thalamus L 13 −12/−24/03 2.74
    Cuneus L 17 −03/−84/30 2.66
R 8 09/−87/36 2.67
    Lingual gyrus L 8 −12/−51/−03 2.62
R 88 15/−48/−09 3.01
    Cerebellum L 43 −30/−81/−36 3.85
R 29 33/−78/−36 3.20
R 88 18/−54/−18 3.18

aRegions that showed differential activation at n-back = 3 compared with n-back = 1 back on the scanner version of the eWM training task at pre-training. Threshold for whole-brain correction at pFDR < 0.05.

bStereotaxic coordinates of peak voxels in MNI space.

ct test contrast: Load 3 > Load 1.

dt test contrast: Load 3 < Load 1.