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. 2011 Dec 8;34(5):1088–1101. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21493

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