Table II.
Brain regions activated during “creative writing”
| MNI‐coordinates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Brodmann area | t value | x | y | z | |
| Frontal | Left precentral gyrus/M1 | 4 | 11.32 | −36 | −18 | 57 |
| Right precentral gyrus/M1 | 4 | 5.84 | 63 | −12 | 27 | |
| Left precentral gyrus/dPMC | 6 | 10.12 | −27 | −15 | 60 | |
| Right precentral gyrus/dPMC | 6 | 7.66 | 27 | −3 | 51 | |
| Left superior frontal gyrus/SMA | 6 | 9.20 | −3 | 0 | 66 | |
| Right superior frontal gyrus/SMA | 6 | 6.51 | 9 | 9 | 54 | |
| Left middle cingulate gyrus | 24/32 | 5.31 | −9 | 12 | 42 | |
| Right middle frontal gyrus | 9 | 8.81 | 51 | 6 | 33 | |
| Left middle frontal gyrus | 9 | 7.49 | −57 | 3 | 39 | |
| Right middle frontal gyrus | 9/46 | 4.37 | 33 | 45 | 36 | |
| Right inferior frontal gyrus (p. oper.) | 44 | 5.19 | 63 | 12 | 12 | |
| Left inferior frontal gyrus (p. oper.) | 44 | 4.54 | −54 | 12 | 3 | |
| Parietal | Left postcentral gyrus/S1 | 1/2/3 | 10.50 | −36 | −24 | 54 |
| Right postcentral gyrus/S1 | 1/2/3 | 5.96 | 42 | −33 | 45 | |
| Right superior parietal lobule | 7 | 10.17 | 21 | −60 | 60 | |
| Left superior parietal lobule | 7 | 7.66 | −24 | −54 | 57 | |
| Temporal | Left superior temporal sulcus/superior temporal gyrus | 22 | 4.80 | −57 | −42 | 12 |
| Occipito‐temporal | Right inferior temporal gyrus | 37 | 9.30 | 48 | −60 | −12 |
| Left inferior temporal gyrus | 37 | 8.14 | −45 | −72 | −3 | |
| Right occipital gyrus | 19 | 8.61 | 33 | −87 | 3 | |
| Left occipital gyrus | 19 | 8.38 | −39 | −81 | 3 | |
| Occipital | Right occipital lobe | 17/18 | 11.85 | 27 | −90 | 0 |
| Left occipital lobe | 17/18 | 9.88 | −21 | −93 | −3 | |
| Cerebellum | Right post. cerebell hem (Larsell H VIII) | 10.22 | 15 | −60 | −42 | |
| Right ant. cerebell. hem. (Larsell H IV‐V) | 9.67 | 18 | −51 | −18 | ||
| Cerebellar vermis | 8.18 | 6 | −63 | −33 | ||
| Left post. cerebell hem. (Larsell H VII) | 6.03 | −30 | −57 | −24 | ||
| Thalamus | Left thalamus | 5.74 | −12 | −18 | 12 | |