Encoding and Recognition Processing of Chinese Characters: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Table 1

Stereotactic Talairach coordinates, -values, volume, and corresponding BAs for significantly activated regions (encoding versus baseline₁ and recognition versus baseline₂).

Comparison	Activated regions	BA	Coordinates	Peak -values	Volume (mm^3)
Encoding versus baseline1	R. inferior frontal gyrus	13/45/47	36, 24, 7	9.20	4,941
	R. middle frontal gyrus	46/9/8	56, 28, 26	6.42	7,857
	R. superior frontal gyrus	6	3, 11, 55	7.59	5,211
	L. middle frontal gyrus	10	−33, 56, 29	6.27	2,403
	R. claustrum	—	24, 26, 4	6.49	4,536
	Cingulate gyrus	24	3, 4, 25	4.79	2,916
	R. inferior parietal lobule	39/40	33, −62, 42	6.28	4,401
	R. superior parietal lobule	7	27, −53, 44	5.43	5,778
	R. fusiform gyrus	37/20	42, −62, −22	4.99	7,668
	R. inferior occipital gyrus	18/19	30, −93, −3	5.39	4,914
Recognition versus baseline2	R. superior frontal gyrus	6	6, 9, 58	8.54	7,020
	L. superior medial frontal gyrus	8/6/9/10/46	0, 20, 46	6.69	5,373
	L. inferior frontal gyrus	13/45/47	−33, 24, 7	6.68	3,078
	L. claustrum	—	−27, 21, 13	5.90	2,565
	R. superior parietal lobule	7	33, −50, 52	4.72	3,645
	R. inferior parietal lobule	40	39, −42, 33	4.30	2,592
	Cingulate gyrus	31	−18, −63, 14	5.28	4,671
	R. cuneus	18/19	6, −81, 12	6.57	6,561

L, left hemisphere; R, right hemisphere; BAs: Brodmann’s areas.
Coordinates (, , ) are shown in Talairach space for the peak activation of each activated region. Peak -values: peak intensity of voxel (-score of peak voxel). Volume: numbers of voxel for the center-mass of peak activated region.