Table III.

Comparison of verbal and visual memories activation areas

Activation areas	Encoding of verbal memory								Immediate recall of verbal memory
	Control group			Right‐HS group			Left‐HS group			Control group			Right‐HS group			Left‐HS group
	R	L	B	R	L	B	R	L	B	R	L	B	R	L	B	R	L	B
Superior temporal cortex		*				*	*			*						*
Infero‐medial temporal cortex												*	*
Middle frontal cortex			*		*				*
Ventro‐lateral frontal cortex						*			*				*			*
Parietal cortex	*					*			*		*			*			*
Occipital cortex			*			*			*		*			*				*
	Encoding of visual memory									Immediate recall of visual memory
Inferior temporal cortex						*						*	*			*
Mid‐temporal cortex										*						*
Hippocampal cortex												*
Superior and inferior frontal cortex	*					*			*
Prefrontal cortex	*					*			*	*								*
Parietal cortex			*			*			*			*		*			*
Occipital cortex			*			*			*	*				*			*
Cerebellum												*			*			*

R, right; L, left; B, bilateral; * presence of activation.