Table 1.

Brain areas commonly activated by all studies of spatial cognition

Cluster size	Brain regions	Broadman areas	MNI coordinates
			x	y	z
All the studies investigating space processing
5,648	Precuneus	7	12	−64	56
	Superior parietal lobule	7	36	−76	51
	Superior parietal lobule	7	30	−68	50
4,688	Middle frontal Gyrus	6	28	−2	56
4,072	Precuneus	7	−12	−66	54
	Superior parietal lobule	7	−24	−58	58
4,064	Presupplementary motor area	6	2	14	50
3,200	Middle frontal Gyrus	6	−28	2	54
1800	Inferior parietal lobule	7	34	−48	52
	Inferior parietal lobule	40	40	−42	44
1,768	Inferior parietal lobule	40	−38	−44	44
1,376	Insula	13	−34	22	−4
1,320	Inferior frontal Gyrus, pars opercularis	9	52	10	24
808	Inferior frontal Gyrus, pars opercularis	9	−50	12	28
504	Insula	13	34	22	2
488	Fusiform Gyrus	37	−35	−64	−8
Only studies with results corrected for multiple comparisons
3,720	Middle frontal Gyrus	6	28	−2	56
	Middle frontal Gyrus	6	30	8	54
3,392	Precuneus	7	12	−64	56
3,088	Presupplementary motor area	32	0	14	48
2,680	Superior parietal lobule	7	−18	−68	54
	Superior parietal lobule	7	−22	−58	60
2,360	Middle frontal Gyrus	6	−28	2	56
1,432	Inferior parietal lobule	40	−38	−44	44
1,088	Insula	13	−32	24	−4
800	Fusiform Gyrus	37	−35	−65	−8
792	Inferior frontal Gyrus, pars opercularis	9	52	10	24
696	Inferior parietal lobule	7	36	−46	52
	Inferior parietal lobule	40	40	−42	46
608	Superior parietal lobule	7	30	−66	50
	Superior parietal lobule	19	34	−74	54
400	Insula	13	34	22	2
328	Inferior frontal Gyrus, pars opercularis	9	−50	12	28
	Precentral Gyrus	6	−46	2	32