Research Article
Senior Dance Experience, Cognitive Performance, and Brain Volume in Older Women
Table 4
VBM8 results for contrast dancers > controls, revealing brain regions with larger volume in senior dancers than control participants.
| Region | Cluster level | Peak level | MNI peak coordinates | kE | | Z | | x | y | z |
| Medial frontal G/BA 9 | 93 | .818 | 3.85 | .000 | 0 | 50 | 30 | Middle frontal G/BA 10 | 72 | .873 | 3.61 | .000 | −29 | 53 | 10 | Superior frontal G/BA 9 | 36 | .951 | 3.76 | .000 | 29 | 50 | 30 | Medial frontal G/BA 10 | 5 | .992 | 3.36 | .000 | 3 | 59 | 16 | Superior frontal G/BA 8 | 25 | .969 | 3.30 | .000 | 3 | 35 | 45 | Middle frontal G/BA 10 | 6 | .991 | 3.21 | .001 | 38 | 57 | 12 | Medial frontal G/BA 10 | 2 | .995 | 3.18 | .001 | −2 | 57 | 16 | Medial frontal G/BA 10 | 10 | .987 | 3.18 | .001 | −20 | 48 | 13 |
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Note: G = gyrus, BA = Brodmann area, and kE = cluster extent in voxel.
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