Table III.

Western vs. Chinese music

Location	Volume	Z‐max	x	y	z
R MFGa	432	−3.85	37	15	45
R AnGa	270	−3.61	43	−51	42
R PIa	189	−3.3	34	−21	3
L SMA/preSMA	594	3.73	−8	−9	54
L CS oral representation	2,511	4.62	−50	−6	18
R PCGhand representation	675	3.86	46	−6	42
R CS oral representation	567	3.9	55	−3	21
L PT/HeG	243	3.51	−41	−27	15
L PT/STG	297	3.78	−59	−24	15
R VMPC	135	3.58	10	42	0

Tables II and III list Talairach coordinates [Talairach and Tournoux, 1988], Z‐values, and volume (mm³) of the activated regions yielded from the averaged contrast images based on the individual contrast (Figure 5: Chinese vs. Western; Figure 3: phrased vs. unphrased). Z‐values were thresholded at |Z| > 3.09 (P < 0.001, uncorrected). Only the activation clusters exceeding a minimal size of 135 mm³ (5 voxels) were listed.

^aThese areas are also active in the other hemisphere, but failed to reach the threshold for cluster size (for left PI and AnG, the blobs consisted of 3 voxels ≡ 81 mm², for left MFG 1 voxel ≡ 27 mm²).

Abbreviations: R, right; L, left; MFG, middle frontal gyrus; AnG, angular gyrus/inferior parietal lobe; PI, posterior insula; PCG, medial part of precentral gyrus/foot area; CS, central sulcus, posterior bank of precentral gyrus in mouth and hand regions; PT, planum temporale; HeG, Heschl's gyrus; STG, superior temporal gyrus; VMPC, ventral medial prefrontal cortex (superior rostral gyrus).