Table I.
Brain activation during the planning and execution phase of pantomiming familiar and unfamiliar tools versus control (the planning and execution of nontool related goal‐directed transitive movements)
| Brain region | BA | Talairach coordinates | Cluster size | t max | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | Y | Z | ||||
| Planning the pantomime of familiar tools: FamToolplan > Controlplan | ||||||
| Right medial frontal gyrus | 6 | 3 | −24 | 59 | 794 | 6.74 |
| Left precentral gyrus | 6 | −17 | −15 | 60 | 2,332 | 5.02 |
| Left inferior frontal gyrus | 9 | −40 | 7 | 30 | 1,858 | 5.49 |
| Right inferior frontal gyrus | 9 | 42 | 7 | 31 | 760 | 4.84 |
| Left middle frontal gyrus | 46 | −44 | 35 | 22 | 1,210 | 6.00 |
| Right middle frontal gyrus | 46 | 43 | 29 | 19 | 1,020 | 4.74 |
| Left medial frontal gyrus | 10 | −6 | 54 | 2 | 358 | 5.33 |
| Left inferior frontal gyrus | 47 | −32 | 30 | −7 | 1,460 | 5.08 |
| Right inferior frontal gyrus | 45 | 27 | 30 | −4 | 841 | 4.68 |
| Left inferior parietal lobule | 40 | −43 | −37 | 45 | 4,274 | 5.67 |
| Left middle temporal gyrus | 19 | −38 | −58 | 16 | 362 | 4.76 |
| Visual areas | 64,692 | 9.26 | ||||
| Executing the pantomime of familiar tools: FamToolexec > Controlexec | ||||||
| L+ R superior frontal gyrus | 6 | −5 | 7 | 58 | 9,126 | 7.15 |
| Left postcentral gyrus | 2 | −54 | −28 | 45 | 2,894 | 5.29 |
| Left inferior frontal gyrus | 9 | −50 | 5 | 29 | 2,421 | 7.95 |
| Left superior frontal gyrus | 10 | −28 | 59 | 25 | 3,221 | 6.46 |
| Left middle frontal gyrus | 46 | −44 | 39 | 15 | 3,718 | 7.55 |
| Left precentral gyrus | 44 | −54 | 9 | 11 | 5,237 | 6.95 |
| Left inferior parietal lobule | 40 | −51 | −37 | 52 | 2,860 | 5.29 |
| Left middle temporal gyrus | 37 | −50 | −59 | 0 | 538 | 5.54 |
| Visual areas | 60,848 | 9.97 | ||||
| Planning the pantomime of unfamiliar tools: UnfamToolplan > Controlplan | ||||||
| Left precentral gyrus | 6 | −30 | −18 | 59 | 1,753 | 9.05 |
| Left inferior frontal gyrus | 9 | −42 | 2 | 29 | 1,382 | 5.04 |
| Left postcentral gyrus | 2 | −54 | −23 | 37 | 2,256 | 5.61 |
| Left inferior parietal lobule | 40 | −34 | −40 | 51 | 795 | 5.07 |
| Left inferior parietal lobule | 40 | −41 | −29 | 41 | 1,446 | 5.58 |
| Visual areas | 81,915 | 9.23 | ||||
| Executing the pantomime of unfamiliar tools: UnfamToolexec > Controlexec | ||||||
| L + R superior frontal gyrus | 6 | −4 | 5 | 58 | 9,855 | 8.38 |
| Right middle frontal gyrus | 6 | 42 | 2 | 37 | 1,894 | 4.80 |
| Left middle frontal gyrus | 9 | −57 | 21 | 34 | 5,012 | 6.99 |
| Left superior frontal gyrus | 9 | −27 | 52 | 31 | 3,308 | 5.64 |
| Left middle frontal gyrus | 46 | −45 | 37 | 17 | 8,496 | 6.33 |
| Left claustrum | −28 | 24 | 1 | 9,975 | 7.68 | |
| Left postcentral gyrus | 2 | −59 | −25 | 44 | 6,426 | 6.77 |
| Left inferior parietal lobule | 40 | −36 | −41 | 41 | 3,312 | 5.94 |
| Visual areas | 98,634 | 9.01 | ||||
Talairach coordinates refer to the most significant voxel of the activated region at alpha (FDR) < 0.05.