Algebra dissociates from arithmetic in the brain semantic network

Table 2 Brain regions with positive and negative brain-behavior correlations for algebra and arithmetic based on single-trial correlations

Brain region	Cluster size	p value (cluster-corrected)	t value (peak)	Coordinates
Brain region	Cluster size	p value (cluster-corrected)	t value (peak)	x	y	z
Positive correlations for algebra
Left superior frontal gyrus	79	.008	6.38	− 21	45	39
Left middle temporal gyrus	70	.012	6.14	− 48	− 21	− 12
Left postcentral gyrus	89	.007	6.02	− 66	− 21	24
Left middle temporal gyrus	126	< .001	5.81	− 66	− 45	12
Right middle temporal gyrus	81	.007	5.73	60	− 18	− 9
Left superior medial frontal gyrus	214	< .001	5.68	0	63	12
Left inferior frontal gyrus (Triangle)	285	< .001	5.65	− 54	24	3
Negative correlations for algebra
Right superior parietal lobule	129	< .001	− 8.33	24	− 63	42
Left superior parietal lobule	66	.013	− 7.25	− 24	− 63	45
Positive correlations for arithmetic
No significantly correlation
Negative correlations for arithmetic
Left superior parietal lobule	678	< .001	− 12.74	− 27	− 63	51
Left precentral gyrus	227	< .001	− 9.79	− 51	0	27
Right middle occipital gyrus	666	< .001	− 7.91	27	− 87	15
Left middle occipital gyrus	1116	< .001	− 7.75	− 30	− 84	12
Right middle frontal gyrus	172	< .001	− 7.34	36	3	63
Right precentral gyrus	212	< .001	− 7.08	57	12	33
Left precentral gyrus	151	< .001	− 6.80	− 36	0	57
Right cerebellum (7)	103	.002	− 6.57	30	− 72	− 51
Left supplementary motor area	81	.007	− 5.96	− 6	9	57
Right fusiform	193	< .001	− 5.84	27	− 78	− 15
Right inferior temporal gyrus	72	.010	− 5.71	51	− 48	− 9
Right inferior frontal gyrus (Triangle)	64	.014	− 5.27	33	27	27
Right inferior frontal gyrus (Triangle)	111	.002	− 5.09	51	39	15

Coordinates are in Montreal Neurological Institute space. Extent threshold: cluster-level p < .05 FDR-corrected with underlying voxel-level p < .001 uncorrected

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