Table 3.

MNI coordinates of brain areas showing within- and between-group BOLD responses underlying mental rotation complexity (uncorrected voxel-wise cluster-forming threshold p <.001 and FDR-corrected cluster-level p <.05, k = 100 for within-group effects and k = 50 for between-group effects).

	Region		Location (Anatomy toolbox & MNI2TAL)	BA	k	T value	x	y	z
AUTc	Frontal	R	Superior frontal gyrus	6	244	8.49	27	2	62
		L	Superior frontal gyrus	1/6/7/40	2935	9.67	−24	−4	59
	Parietal	L	Inferior parietal lobule				−36	−37	44
		L	Postcentral gyrus				−39	−43	62
							−39	−40	56
		B	Precuneus				12	−61	59
							−12	−61	59
							−12	−70	56
							−12	−49	62
							−9	−52	65
		R	Inferior parietal lobule	1/40	218	6.04	36	−34	44
		R	Postcentral gyrus				39	−40	56
	Subcortical	L	Thalamus		161	5.88	−24	−31	14
							−12	−28	17
							−27	−34	2
		R	Thalamus		123	6.38	21	−28	14
							30	−34	2
							12	−16	17
AUTp	Parietal	L	Postcentral gyrus	1/7/40	271	5.22	−39	−43	62
							−48	−34	50
		L	Inferior parietal lobule (intraparietal sulcus)				−39	−43	53
							−45	−46	53
							–33	−40	44
							−54	−31	41
		L	Superior parietal lobule				−24	−45	71
							−27	−49	68
		L	Superior parietal lobule	7	145	4.96	−15	−64	59
		L	Precuneus				−9	−67	53
AUTnp	Frontal	R	Superior frontal gyrus	6	227	7.96	27	2	62
		L	Superior frontal gyrus	1/6/7	2211	8.54	−24	−7	56
		L	Precentral gyrus				−18	−7	68
	Parietal	L	Postcentral gyrus				–33	−34	41
							−39	−37	53
							−36	−40	65
		L	Superior parietal lobule				−21	−49	68
		B	Precuneus				12	−58	59
							−6	−64	65
							−12	−49	62
							9	−52	68
		R	Supramarginal gyrus (intraparietal sulcus)	1/40	126	5.61	39	−34	44
		R	Postcentral gyrus				36	−40	56
	Subcortical	R	Thalamus		151	6.44	24	−31	14
TYP	Frontal	R	Superior frontal gyrus	6/8	323	7.89	24	−4	62
							24	−7	56
		R	Middle frontal gyrus				24	8	44
		L	Superior frontal gyrus	1/6/7/40	3714	10.85	−27	−7	59
							−24	−1	59
							−27	−4	68
	Parietal	L	Postcentral gyrus				−39	−37	53
		L	Superior parietal lobule				−27	−55	62
							−18	−61	59
		L	Supramarginal gyrus (intraparietal sulcus)				−48	−28	35
		B	Precuneus				12	−64	59
							−6	−64	59
	Occipital	L	Middle occipital gyrus	18	238	5.72	−18	−94	−1
	Cerebellum	R	VIII		295	6.59	24	−55	−52
							27	−61	−46
							33	−58	−49
							18	−73	−46
							12	−61	−46
		R	VII				39	−64	−49
		R	VI				21	−70	–22
							27	−55	−34
							33	−58	−34
		R	Crus 1				42	−67	−31
		R	Crus 2				6	−76	−34
	Subcortical	B	Caudate nucleus		479	6.70	−9	20	−4
							9	17	−1
							9	8	−1
							−3	11	−1
							−18	11	17
AUTnp > TYP	Parietal	L	Paracentral lobule	1/5/6/7	72	4.71	−12	−13	76
							−3	−19	75
							−6	−31	68
		L	Precuneus				−12	−40	68
							−12	−49	68