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Published in final edited form as: Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2011 Oct 5;2(0 1):S152–S166. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.09.006

Table 2.

Brain areas that showed significant differences between Complex and Simple arithmetic problems in the DD and TD groups.

Region BA # of voxels Peak Z-score Peak MNI coordinates

x y z
TD group
  Complex > Simple
    L IPS 7 440 3.22 −24 −82 48
      L Precuneus 19 3.04 −20 −84 48
      L SPL 7 2.79 −28 −70 50
    R Precuneus 7 573 3.22 2 −68 56
      L Precuneus 7 2.87 −4 −66 44
    R IPS/SPL 7 481 3.15 36 −62 58
      R SMG 40 3.08 44 −50 58
    L/R Fusiform gyrus, L 17, 18 5426 4.76 −22 −94 −18
      Cerebellum, L ITG 37
      L Visual cortex 18 4.66 −22 −102 −4
      L LOC 19 3.81 −36 −92 −14
    R MFG 9 7331 4.46 50 28 26
      R Frontopolar cortex 11 3.98 26 60 −4
      R MFG 8 3.81 8 32 44
      R PMC 6 3.81 54 12 44
    L MFG 9 3061 3.77 −54 22 32
      L MFG 10 3.68 −46 52 4
      L MFG 47 3.47 −36 42 4
    L PMC 6 134 3.08 −28 2 60
    L Insula 13 176 2.90 −32 18 2
    L Mid-cingulate gyrus 23 402 2.90 2 −10 34
      L Posterior-cingulate gyrus 31 2.74 −2 −30 32
      R Anterior-cingulate 24 2.58 4 6 30
    Brain Stem 182 3.44 0 −14 −8
  Simple > Complex
    None
DD group
  Complex > Simple
    None
  Simple > Complex
    L vmPFC 11 350 3.01 −8 38 −6
      R vmPFC 10 2.66 6 44 −6
    R Caudate 143 3.28 2 12 −6
    R MTG 37 132 2.72 60 −60 18

IPS = intraparietal sulcus; ITG = inferior temporal gyrus; LOC = lateral occipital cortex; MFG = middle frontal gyrus; MTG = middle temporal gyrus; PMC = premotor cortex; SMG = supramarginal gyrus; SPL = superior parietal lobule; vmPFC = ventromedial prefrontal cortex.