fMRI Evidence of Magnitude Manipulation during Numerical Order Processing in Congenitally Deaf Signers

Table 3

Whole brain analysis. Activation foci for each contrast versus visual control for the two groups separately and combined. All peaks with significant activation are listed ().

Group	Task	Cluster level		Peak level		MNI coordinates			Brain region of the peak
		Size
Deaf signers	Letter order	89	0.016	5.19	0.342	23	−72	44	r. superior occipital gyrus
Hearing nonsigners	Letter order	42	<0.001	9.10	0.004	16	−72	54	r. superior parietal lobule
				8.01	0.016	30	−72	39	r. middle occipital gyrus
		18	<0.001	8.90	0.005	30	9	59	r. middle frontal gyrus
		14	<0.001	8.89	0.005	−12	−75	49	l. precuneus
				7.30	0.043	−26	−68	54	l. superior parietal lobule
		6	0.001	8.37	0.010	−30	−79	34	l. middle occipital gyrus
		4	0.003	7.81	0.022	−54	−5	44	l. postcentral gyrus
Both groups combined	Digit order	5	0.006	6.01	0.010	23	−61	−36	r. cerebellum
Both groups combined	Letter order	137	<0.001	8.06	<0.001	23	−72	44	r. superior occipital gyrus
				7.87	<0.001	34	−68	34	r. middle occipital gyrus
		99	<0.001	7.65	<0.001	−26	−72	29	l. middle occipital gyrus
				7.20	0.001	−23	−68	49	l. superior parietal lobule
		31	<0.001	7.40	<0.001	27	6	54	r. superior frontal gyrus
		77	<0.001	7.14	0.001	−5	2	59	l. SMA
				6.93	0.001	−16	2	59	l. superior frontal gyrus
				6.69	0.002	−5	16	44	l. SMA
		18	<0.001	6.28	0.006	44	−40	44	r. inferior parietal sulcus
		2	0.015	5.58	0.030	−44	2	29	l. precentral gyrus
		1	0.023	5.39	0.045	−44	−47	44	l. inferior parietal sulcus