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Broca’s area, SMA/pre-SMA, frontal eye-fields and in the frontal operculum bilaterally
(Figure 2A).
Table 4: Brain areas activated by decade crossing (all p < 0.001, voxelwise uncorrected)
Region
Decade crossing > no decade crossing
Talairach coordinates
x, y, z
t-value
df=16
Right intraparietal cortex 33, -53, 50 8.52 7/40 250
Right intraparietal cortex 33, -59, 44 7.55 7 -
Left intraparietal cortex -39, -33, 40 9.49 5/7 327
Left intraparietal cortex -30, -65, 50 8.00 7 -
Right extrastriate cortex 33, -74, 40 6.87 19 77
Left extrastriate cortex -27, -74, 37 10.02 19 117
Right temporo-occipital juction 42, -68, -12 6.62 19/37 14
Left temporo-occipital juction -45, -62, -12 7.66 19/37 52
Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex 59, 22, 27 5.81 9/46 19
Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex -45, 4, 30 7.46 9 42
Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex -45, 30, 21 5.83 9/46 38
Right supplementary motor area 6, 17, 43 9.32 8 41
Left supplementary motor area -3, 17, 49 8.90 8 28
Right premotor cortex 30, 11, 44 6.48 6 56
Left premotor cortex -35, -9, 47 8.34 6 216
Right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex 39, 17, -6 5.09 47 22
Left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex -30, 20, -9 4.99 47 13
No decade crossing > decade crossing
Right angular gyrus 56, -63, 31 5.56 39 102
Left angular gyrus -53, -60, 28 6.85 39 88
Right supramarginal gyrus 59, -25, 26 7.95 40 78
Left supramarginal gyrus -62, -25, 18 5.38 40 28
Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex 21, 48, 34 5.92 9 11
Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex -12, 51, 31 5.72 9 49
Right retrosplenial cortex 9, -48, 27 5.87 31 64
Anterior cingulate gyrus 0, 43, -12 6.70 32 35
BA
Cluster
size k
Large distance to the mean > small distance to the mean: When distance to the mean
increased, stronger fMRI signal was registered in the inferior parietal cortex and the anterior
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