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Table 3 Comparing a numerical with a non-numerical task to isolate magnitude-related activation.

From: On the neuro-cognitive foundations of basic auditory number processing: an fMRI study

Contrast

Brain region (BA)

TC (x, y, z)

Cluster size

z score

Passive Listening:

RH intraparietal sulcus (BA 40)

49

-56

32

137

3.96

Number words - pseudowords

RH posterior intraparietal sulcus (BA 40)

49

-59

48

 

3.57

 

LH intraparietal sulcus (BA 40)

-55

-45

47

51

3.77

 

LH supramarginal gyrus (BA 40)

-59

-52

38

 

3.58

 

LH middle frontal gyrus (BA 46)

-31

45

17

37

3.61

 

LH superior temporal gyrus (BA 22)

-55

-41

-13

10

3.51

 

LH cingulate gyrus (BA 32)

-17

15

31

13

3.51

 

RH cingulate (BA 32)

14

19

41

14

3.20

 

RH middle frontal gyrus (BA 10)

45

51

-5

18

4.03

 

RH middle frontal gyrus (BA 8)

35

19

41

23

3.39

 

LH middle frontal gyrus (BA 8)

-45

19

41

18

3.35

 

RH thalamus

7

-6

13

17

3.30

 

RH thalamus

10

-20

14

13

3.22

 

LH medial frontal gyrus (BA 8)

-7

19

44

41

3.20

  1. p < .005, uncorrected; cluster size = 10 voxels; masks were created at uncorrected p < .05; TC - Talairach coordinates.