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. 2020 Jan 24;14:4. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00004

TABLE 3.

Sex differences in each language task (post hoc analysis).

Task Cluster size Brain regions L/R BA Peak MNI coordinates
Z-values
x y z
SC task Female > Male
691 Precuneus R 7 8 −76 38 4.03
450 Pars opercularis L 44 −40 14 18 7.39
364 Superior parietal lobule L 40 −30 −48 68 3.88
Male > Female
5069 Precentral gyrus L 6 −36 −6 60 12.82
SMA L 6 −2 1 65 10.58
Precentral gyrus R 6 36 −18 68 5.47
1221 Inferior parietal lobule L 7 −38 −58 50 6.06
413 Rolandic operculum R 40 54 −14 24 4.90
AG task Female > Male
1202 Precuneus R 7 6 −78 42 7.55
391 Superior parietal lobule L 40 −40 −42 62 6.64
426 Pars triangularis L 45 −42 14 22 6.47
Male > Female
5068 Precentral gyrus L 4 −44 −10 54 9.36
SMA L 6 −4 −4 70 8.53
1439 Precuneus L 31 0 −64 32 7.43
Angular gyrus/IPL L 39/40 −44 −58 46 7.39
168 Rolandic operculum R 40 54 −24 24 5.02

Z-score > 3.1, cluster size > 150 voxels, corrected p < 0.05.AG, antonym generation; BA, Brodmann area; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; SC, sentence completion; SMA, supplemental motor area; L, left; R, right.