Table V.

ALE meta‐analysis of the Stroop color–word task*

Anatomical region	BA	x	y	z	ALE (× 10−2)	Volume (mm3)
Anterior cingulate	32	1	16	38	2.4	4,288
Pooled
L inferior frontal junction	6/9	−44	5	33	1.9	1,680
L inferior parietal lobule	40	−40	−50	45	1.8	992
L inferior frontal gyrus	45	−42	23	10	1.4	744
L inferior frontal gyrus	44	−48	9	11	1.7	696
L precuneus	7	−21	−71	36	1.3	552
R inferior frontal junction	6/9	46	9	28	1.6	448
L anterior cingulate gyrus	32	−3	38	25	1.4	360
R insula	13	36	12	7	1.2	312
R superior frontal gyrus	10	20	48	23	1.3	272
L middle frontal gyrus	9	−42	30	31	1.3	200
L supramarginal gyrus	40	−45	−42	36	1.3	192
L insula	13	−26	22	5	1.2	184
Verbal
Anterior cingulate	32	0	17	35	2.0	3,200
L inferior frontal gyrus	44	−47	12	11	1.7	1152
R superior frontal gyrus	10	20	48	23	1.3	520
L insula	13	−27	22	5	1.2	368
R insula	13	36	10	8	1.1	352
R inferior frontal junction	6/9	48	9	28	1.2	184
L inferior parietal lobule	40	−40	−52	44	1.2	168
L inferior frontal junction	6/9	−46	8	35	1.1	112
Manual
L inferior frontal junction	6/9	−43	4	35	1.2	2,136
Anterior cingulate	32	3	16	41	1.3	960
L inferior parietal lobule	40	−47	−40	47	1.2	792
L middle frontal gyrus	46	−34	21	24	1.3	648
L precuneus	7	−21	−70	37	1.1	600

^* P < 0.01, all three meta‐analyses. In the pooled and verbal ALE meta‐analysis, the highest ALE values were found in the anterior cingulate gyrus. Meta‐analysis of the manual Stroop task showed strong results in the left inferior frontal junction. In the manual Stroop meta‐analysis, the peak observed in the anterior cingulate was much smaller than that seen in the verbal Stroop meta‐analysis. Each cluster listed above was observed with a peak P value of < 0.0002. Due to the method of statistical inference, it was not possible to assess the P value of the center of each cluster with any greater precision than P < 0.0002.

BA, Brodman area; ALE, activation likelihood estimation.