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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. 2011 Mar 9;31(10):3843–3852. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4515-10.2011

Table 2.

Talairach coordinates for voxel clusters that passed threshold (p < .005) for the listed contrasts, averaged across trials and subjects. The t values and Talairach coordinates of each cluster’s peak voxel also are listed.

region Brodmann area(s) center of mass peak t-score in ROI for contrast

x y z t score x y z
w/no frequency covariate:
sentences > rest L STG/MTG/TTG 21/22/41/42 −55 −11 3 9.33 −60 −9 5
L STG/MTG/TTG 21/22 −53 −44 9 4.77 −57 −36 9
L PCG 6 −31 0 30 3.78 −31 2 27
L MFG 9 −25 32 25 4.03 −21 35 23
R STG/MTG 21/22/41/42 58 −14 0 7.65 59 −6 −4
R MFG 9 18 32 26 3.72 29 36 13

melodies > rest L STG/TTG/insula/PCG 13/22/40/41/42 −48 −19 9 10.62 −46 −20 7
R STG/TTG/insula/PCG 13/22/40/41/42 49 −14 5 12.13 51 −4 2

overlap of sentences > rest & melodies > rest L STG/TTG 22/41 −51 −17 6
L STG 22 −55 −38 11
R STG/TTG 22/41 56 −16 5
w/frequency covariate:
sentences > rest L STG/MTG 22 −53 −13 5 8.7 −63 −19 4
R STG/MTG 22 58 −15 1 16.5 60 −15 0

melodies > rest L insula/STG/TTG 13/22/41 −43 −15 7 9.92 −43 −3 −1
R insula/TTG/STG 13/22/41 46 −7 6 6.8 45 −1 −4

overlap of sentences > rest & melodies > rest L STG/TTG 22/41 −43 −21 9
R STG 22 49 −14 8

sentences > melodies L STG/MTG 22 −56 −16 0 5.7 −61 −13 1
L STG 38/22 −52 7 −3 4.45 −52 9 −5
L PHG 20 −36 −9 −30 3.6 −35 −11 −30
R STG/MTG 21/22 57 −12 −2 4.88 63 −5 −2
R Caudate -- 19 −23 21 3.75 19 −25 23

melodies > sentences L insula 13 −44 −3 1 4.34 −43 −3 1
L thalamus -- −11 −3 5 4.32 −7 −3 3
L SFG 9 −21 53 29 5.05 −21 59 29
L MFG/SFG 6 −21 16 55 4.86 −17 16 54
R insula 13 42 −2 −4 5.88 43 −2 −6
R IPL/PCG 40 63 −26 22 4.39 64 −25 21

sentences > scrambled sentences L STG 22 −53 −2 −4 23.05 −54 9 −5
L STG/MTG 21/22 −59 −21 2 20.59 −62 −17 5
L STG/MTG 21/22/37 −55 −47 1 12.94 −54 −48 −3
R STG 21/22 46 −44 11 8.12 39 −44 13
R MTG 21 56 −31 −2 8.88 56 −33 −3
R STG/MTG 21/22 58 −2 −4 21.06 65 −1 2
R MFG 10 34 47 −4 8.85 29 47 −7

overlap of sentences > scramb. sent. & sentences >melodies L STG 22/38 −53 7 −4
L STG 22 −55 −5 0
L STG/MTG 21/22 −57 −21 4
L MTG 21 −57 −35 2
R STG/MTG 21/22 53 −25 −2
R STG 22 57 −3 2
R Caudate -- 19 −24 24

STG = superior temporal gyrus, MTG = middle temporal gyrus, TTG = transverse temporal gyrus, PCG = precentral gyrus, MFG = middle frontal gyrus, PHG = parahippocampal gyrus, SFG = superior frontal gyrus, IPL = intraparietal lobule, IFG = inferior frontal gyrus