Table 3.

Peak activation for the contrast of metaphorical word processing versus literal word processing and the contrast of metaphorical sentence processing versus literal sentence processing

Cluster	Volume (mm3)	Region	Hemisphere	BA	x	y	z	ALE value
Metaphorical word > literal word
1	432	Middle frontal gyrus	L	9	−50	18	30	0.0102
Metaphorical sentence > literal sentence
1	2400	Inferior frontal gyrus	L	47	−42	30	0	0.0186
		Inferior frontal gyrus	L	45	−54	28	4	0.0121
		Middle frontal gyrus	L	47	−44	38	−10	0.0100
		Inferior frontal gyrus	L	47	−52	20	−6	0.0079
2	856	Middle frontal gyrus	L	9	−46	18	28	0.0109
		Middle frontal gyrus	L	46	−44	18	20	0.0097
3	640	Superior frontal gyrus	L	8	−12	48	36	0.0119
4	224	Insula	L	13	−44	−40	26	0.0101
5	200	Inferior parietal Lobule	L	7	−30	−56	42	0.0092
6	344	Inferior parietal Lobule	L	40	−44	−52	38	0.0093
		Superior temporal gyrus	L	39	−46	−58	26	0.0081
7	2560	Middle temporal gyrus	L	21	−56	−42	0	0.0209
		Superior temporal gyrus	L	22	−52	−50	8	0.0091
8	432	Middle temporal gyrus	L	21	−54	−10	−14	0.0089
		Middle temporal gyrus	L	21	−56	−16	−12	0.0085
		Sub‐gyral	L	21	−46	−6	−10	0.0084
		Inferior temporal gyrus	L	20	−58	−8	−20	0.0082
9	584	Lingual gyrus	L		−26	−74	2	0.0130
10	432	Inferior frontal gyrus	R	47	42	32	−8	0.0103
		Inferior frontal gyrus	R	47	36	24	−6	0.0094