Early and Late Shift of Brain Laterality in STG, HG, and Cerebellum with Normal Aging during a Short-Term Memory Task

Table 4

Anatomical area, brain hemisphere, 𝑡 value, coordinates of maximum intensity (𝑥,𝑦,𝑧), and number of activated voxels obtained from group analysis (𝑃_FWEcorr < 0.001), comparing four group of participants in word-based STMN.

Anatomical; area	Hemisphere	𝑡; value	Coordinate; (𝑥,𝑦,𝑧mm)	NOV	𝑡; value	Coordinate; (𝑥,𝑦,𝑧mm)	NOV	𝑡; value	Coordinate; (𝑥,𝑦,𝑧mm)	NOV	𝑡; value	Coordinate; (𝑥,𝑦,𝑧mm)	NOV
			20–29			30–39			40–49			50–65
		5.78	−50, 12, −18	54	12.98	−56, −6, 0	1431	18.25	−58, −18, 4	624	8.47	−56, −10, 4	270
	L	5.77	−42, −40, 14	52	11.26	−62, −14, 2		10.2	−48, −16, 2		6.93	−48, −30, 4
STG		5.14	−54, −12, −2	136	10.19	−48, −38, 14		8.21	−64, −26, 10		5.89	−62, −24, 4
		4.51	−38, −30, 4	51
	R	5.73	44, −26, −4	10	11.39	66, −10, 6	1262	12.69	52, −12, −6	730	7.46	62, −18, 0	354
		5.47	53, −32, 10	83	11.23	62, −2, −4		8.76	46, −18, −10		5.58	68, −16, 10
	L	5.81	−54, −28, −4	179	10.73	−62, −14, 0	269	8.12	−66, −20, −10	104	6.96	−58, −10, −6	27
MTG		4.93	−48, −22, −6		5.13	−54, −50, 6	35	7.83	−58, −18, 0		6.03	−50, −34, 8	74
	R				6.93	68, −20, −4	30	12.31	66, −18, −10	141	—	—	—
								10.31	46, −20, −10
PCG	L	4.74	−48, −8, 42	50	10.06	−56, 0, 34	807	7.38	−28, −4, 48	28	5.01	−44, −8, 44	35
		4.63	−38, 2, 30	17	8.58	−48, 6, 48
	R	5.24	50, −8, 38	58	9.83	52, −2, 40	491	6.66	44, 0, 34	15	4.84	48, −6, 40	44
					8.66	46, −8, 34
					6.4	52, −2, 28
	L	5.04	−28, −60, −32	46	10.14	−24, −60, −26	610	6.41	−38, −66, −30	45	—	—	—
		4.63	−22, −64, −26
Cerebellum		5.61	24, −66, −28	24	11.63	36, −60, −30	899	7.39	24, −66, −24	48	5.89	38, −78, −24	63
	R	5.15	8, −80, −28	22	7.7	22, −38, −48	15	5.4	30, −56, −34	14
					5.04	30, −36, −38	13
	L	5.35	−62, −2, 18	77	8.42	−50, −8, 32	466	8.15	−58, −4, 20	41	5.06	−46, −10, 40	58
Post CG		5.31	−44, −12, 38	114	8.3	−56, −6, 16		6.22	−56, −8, 44	16	4.64	−48, −8, 48
	R	5.5	50, 10, 36	131	9.75	42, −10, 32	271	—	—	—	4.24	56, −6, 36	12
		4.35	54, −4, 30		7.89	52, −4, 30
		5.72	−34, −30, 6	14	5.86	−40, −20, 2	166	8.96	−48, −16, 6	58	—	—	—
	L				5.47	−56, −20, 2		5.61	−38, −22, 10	18
Heschl gyrus					5.32	−36, −30, 14
		—	—	—	6.73	42, −20, 4	142	6.16	50, −16, 4	48	5.44	62, −2, 6	10
	R				6.24	46, −24, 12					5.27	46, −16, 4	39
					6.08	50, −14, 4

“—”: not significant.
STMN: short-term memory task in noise, NOV: number of activated voxels, STG: superior temporal gyrus, MTG: middle temporal gyrus, PCG: precentral gyrus, Post-CG: postcentral gyrus, L: left, R: right.