Research Article

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

Table 2

Regions associated with increases and decreases of activity post-training compared to pre-training in older adults, depending on the type of training.
(a) Physical training

RegionBAMNI coordinates valueCluster size value

(i) Increase post-training compared to pre-training
R precuneus74−68306.68510<0.001
 R precuneus3110−66245.45
 L cuneus18−6−66224.98
(ii) Decrease post-training compared to pre-training
R thalamus8−2665.88314<0.001
 L thalamus−2−2465.66
 L thalamus−12−3225.26
R superior parietal lobule3932−56485.551870.002
 R superior occipital gyrus722−62484.72
 R superior parietal lobule726−50464.31
R inferior temporal gyrus3750−50145.22690.147
 R inferior temporal gyrus44−54−64.53
 R fusiform gyrus34−54−123.97
R inferior parietal lobule160−20364.921820.002
 R supramarginal gyrus4060−30384.83
 R supramarginal gyrus4054−28484.05

(b) Visual training

RegionBAMNI coordinates valueCluster size value

(i) Increase post-training compared to pre-training
R precuneus3110−66245.67220<0.001
 R precuneus3118−62224.34
 L precuneus31−2−66284.33
(ii) Decrease post-training compared to pre-training
No cluster survived the threshold (all )

BA: Brodmann’s area; R: right, L: left. , uncorrected;  = 10 voxels. 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.