Research Article

Dance Training Shapes Action Perception and Its Neural Implementation within the Young and Older Adult Brain

Table 1

Regions associated with an increase and decrease of activity post-training compared to pre-training among younger adults, depending on the type of training.
(a) Physical training

RegionBAMNI coordinates valueCluster size value

(i) Increase post-training compared to pre-training
No cluster survived the threshold
(ii) Decrease post-training compared to pre-training
L paracentral lobule5−10−34587.17233<0.001
 L postcentral gyrus1−28−36564.50
 L superior parietal lobule3b−20−42584.13
R precentral gyrus434−28586.02706<0.001
 R postcentral gyrus138−38565.07
 R postcentral gyrus126−32585.06
R inferior temporal gyrus3750−50−165.89380<0.001
 R inferior temporal gyrus3740−52−145.51
 R inferior temporal gyrus36−60−43.85
R hippocampus26−4−245.651680.003
 R hippocampus34−4−225.05
 R middle temporal gyrus2146−4−204.55
L postcentral gyrus1−40−30565.00940.048
 L postcentral gyrus1−44−22564.26
R middle occipital gyrus1946−76184.631530.005
 R middle occipital gyrus1940−84144.59
 R middle occipital gyrus1952−64144.55

(b) Visual training

RegionBAMNI coordinates valueCluster size value

(i) Increase post-training compared to pre-training
No cluster survived the threshold
(ii) Decrease post-training compared to pre-training
L inferior temporal gyrus20−40−32−186.30830.081
 L inferior temporal gyrus37−42−40−184.68
 L fusiform gyrus37−38−56−184.14
R amygdala30−2−245.68800.092
 R parahippocampal gyrus3624−26−244.44
 R parahippocampal gyrus3620−12−244.36
R fusiform gyrus3742−42−165.58394<0.001
 R inferior temporal gyrus3740−52−144.86
 R inferior temporal gyrus3750−50−164.46
R postcentral gyrus130−32585.40498<0.001
 R postcentral gyrus128−40664.86
 R postcentral gyrus136−34664.69
R middle temporal gyrus1952−66125.361800.002
 R middle occipital gyrus1946−80124.88
 R middle occipital gyrus3940−58123.91

BA: Brodmann’s area; R: right; L: left. Analysis performed at , uncorrected,  = 10 voxels, and regions in bold font are FWE cluster corrected at the level. Up to three local maxima are listed when a cluster has multiple peaks more than 8 mm apart.