Table 1.

Loci of brain activation for six types of materials

Type of material	Brain region	t value	Volume	Coordinates
Frequency adverbs	Right middle occipital gyrus	14.59	4976	27	−93	6
		13.4		−18	−99	0
		12.67		−21	−90	3
	Left supplementary motor area	11.14	284	−6	15	51
	Left precentral gyrus	10.83	1172	−42	6	33
		9.45		−27	−3	48
		8.92		−45	21	27
	Right middle frontal gyrus	6.11	102	39	3	66
		6		30	0	51
		5.99		39	−3	48
Quantity pron./n	Left inferior parietal gyrus	14.28	902	−27	−54	42
		8.81		−45	−39	42
	Right middle occipital gyrus	12.96	3833	24	−96	6
		12.79		18	−102	12
		12.69		−21	−99	9
	Left precentral gyrus	11.88	1667	−42	3	30
		9.1		−30	24	3
		9.07		−33	0	48
	Right inferior parietal gyrus	9.63	338	30	−60	48
		6.29		42	−42	45
	Right precentral gyrus	6.87	157	45	3	30
		6.24		33	−3	39
		5.85		33	−3	48
Animal names	Left superior parietal gyrus	10.72	796	−27	−60	45
		9.75		−27	−48	39
		4.79		−3	−72	45
	Right calcarine gyrus	10.56	2837	24	−96	3
		9.18		9	−75	−27
		8.81		−24	−93	9
	Right superior parietal gyrus	8.87	422	27	−60	45
		6.14		21	−72	57
		5.9		39	−42	42
	Left inferior frontal gyrus	8.71	869	−45	9	30
		8.29		−45	21	27
		7.92		−27	−3	51
Arabic digits	Left superior parietal gyrus	14.17	3948	−27	−63	48
		10.28		27	−60	48
		9.71		−15	−99	9
	Left middle frontal gyrus	9.23	754	−24	−3	51
		9.19		−45	6	27
		8.15		−9	12	51
	Right insula	8.32	124	30	21	3
	Left insula	7.18	117	−30	21	3
		5.77		−30	27	12
Number words	Left superior parietal gyrus	14.71	5818	−27	−63	51
		13.53		−27	−54	45
		12.75		−33	−48	42
	Left inferior frontal gyrus	10.47	474	−45	6	27
		7.31		−30	21	6
		6.42		−45	21	27
	Left supplementary motor area	9.06	143	−6	9	54
		6.37		12	12	51
		5.94		9	21	48
	Left middle frontal gyrus	8.41	231	−27	−3	51
		6.95		−39	0	63
Dot arrays	Left middle occipital gyrus	17.84	6417	−15	−99	9
		17.45		15	−102	12
		17.2		18	−99	0
	Right inferior frontal gyrus	11.46	229	51	9	27
		7.02		60	12	39
	Left inferior frontal gyrus	8.45	147	−45	6	27
	Right middle frontal gyrus	6.98	136	48	33	24
	Left supplementary motor area	6.39	102	−6	15	51
		6.04		9	18	51
	Right precentral gyrus	6.37	103	36	−3	51

Height threshold: t = 4.65, P < 0.00001, and uncorrected. Extent threshold: k = 50 voxels. Voxel size: 3 × 3 × 3 mm³.