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

Table 2

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

Comparison	Activated regions	BA	Coordinates	Peak -values	Volume (mm^3)
Encoding versus recognition	L. inferior occipital gyrus	18/19	−30, −96, −3	9.22	7,965
	R. midinferior occipital gyrus	18/19	27, −90, −1	8.78	13,014
	L. fusiform gyrus	37/20/36	−39, −56, −12	5.16	16,848
	R. fusiform gyrus	37/20	42, −53, −10	6.78	21,762
	L. inferior frontal gyrus	47	−15, 31, −17	5.23	1,890
	R. superior medial frontal gyrus	11/25	21, 40, −20	5.11	4,671
Recognition versus encoding	L. precuneus	7	−3, −73, 45	8.50	12,285
	R. precuneus	7	6, −71, 39	8.06	15,417
	Cingulate gyrus	31/32	−18, −60, 17	7.57	12,285
	L. medial frontal gyrus	10	−6, 61, 5	7.26	10,827
	R. superior medial frontal gyrus	10	30, 56, 22	7.03	6,615
	L. middle temporal lobe	21	−45, −4, −12	4.95	8,559
	R. superior temporal gyrus	22	59, 12, −1	6.40	3,078
	L. inferior occipital gyrus	18/19	−18, −95, 27	5.69	8,181

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.