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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Brain Mapp. 2009 Nov;30(11):3596–3608. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20782

Table 2. Activated brain regions.

Brain region Peak MNI coordinates Extent (mm3) P value Max T
x y z
Viewing pictures or scrambled pictures
Bilateral occipital cortex (all but the most dorsal parts), extending to posterior ITG and posterior fusiform gyrus -6 -96 -6 217280 <0.0001 23.52
Naming pictures
Left frontal, temporal and subcortical regions 110096 <0.0001
 Precentral gyrus -40 -8 26 14.56
 Posterior IFG, pars opercularis and triangularis -54 12 20 8.63
 STS -56 -28 0 7.97
 Left basal ganglia -16 -4 14 11.98
 Thalamus -4 -12 6 14.43
Right precentral gyrus and STG 31112 <0.0001
 Central sulcus 40 -8 30 10.18
 STG 66 -24 6 7.69
Pre-SMA, anterior SMA, and dorsal mid Cingulate -6 6 56 17464 <0.0001 10.91
Left cerebellum and posterior ITG -10 -52 -8 16216 <0.0001 7.05
 Cerebellum -12 -64 -22
 Posterior ITG -50 -56 -18 5.58
Right cerebellum 40 -58 -26 9968 <0.0001 7.95
Correlations with familiarity (more signal for less familiar items)
Right fusiform gyrus and ventral occipital cortex 31176 <0.0001
 Fusiform gyrus 36 -46 -28 12.29
 Occipital cortex 22 -92 -2 11.56
Left posterior fusiform gyrus and middle occipital gyrus -50 -80 4 5448 0.0016 5.17
Midbrain and left superior cerebellar peduncle -14 -54 -32 4064 0.0067 6.95
Left posterior fusiform gyrus -38 -54 -22 2488 0.051 7.86
Correlations with frequency (more signal for less frequent items)
Left SMG -64 -34 24 3280 0.017 8.29
Left posterior ITG -44 -68 -10 2752 0.035 5.33
Correlations with length (more signal for longer items)
Cerebellum 12 -70 -10 12624 <0.0001 6.19
Left Heschl's Gyrus, STG and STS -54 -2 -16 4824 0.0030 6.22
Left middle occipital gyrus, superior part -38 -68 50 3824 0.0088 6.19
Left SFS and SMA 2944 0.027
 SMA -6 2 46 7.02
 Superior frontal sulcus -26 10 60 5.15
Right Heschl's Gyrus 58 -10 -4 2528 0.048 5.24
Correlations with reaction time (more signal for longer RTs)
Bilateral occipital cortex, fusiform gyrus and cerebellum, and left posterior ITG 58032 <0.0001
 Lingual gyrus -4 -80 -12 10.83
 Left fusiform gyrus -28 -54 -22 6.63
 Right fusiform gyrus 26 -52 -22 6.34
 Left posterior ITG -44 -58 -18 6.64
 Left cerebellum -44 -64 -36 5.55
 Right cerebellum 28 -66 -32 9.91
Left posterior IFG, inferior precentral sulcus and precentral gyrus 25096 <0.0001
 Ventral pars opercularis -56 8 2 10.12
 Pars triangularis -58 18 22 8.03
 Pars orbitalis -44 34 -8 4.02
 Inferior precentral sulcus -42 4 28 8.82
 Precentral gyrus -44 4 48 5.02
Pre-SMA and dorsal mid Cingulate 13904 <0.0001
 Mid Cingulate -6 14 40 9.36
 Pre-SMA -2 14 58 7.95
Right anterior insula 38 18 -2 6176 0.0009 7.75
Left middle occipital gyrus -32 -86 14 5288 0.0019 7.34
Right middle occipital gyrus 38 -80 8 3816 0.0089 7.63
Thalamus -2 -6 2 3624 0.011 7.55
Left mid STS -58 -28 -4 2128 0.089 7.40

Brain regions significantly activated in contrasts of interest. For large clusters, prominent local maxima are listed separately (indented).