Review Article

Reading and Calculation Neural Systems and Their Weighted Adaptive Use for Programming Skills

Table 2

Major ALE foci for the contrast study between the three conditions: programming, reading, and calculation.

TaskClusterPeak coordinates valueHem.LobeRegionBA

Reading > calculation1-48.1525.2311.323.72LFrontalInferior frontal gyrus47
(1000 permutations)2-40.77-50.41-19.223.72LCerebellumPosterior lobe
3-46.53.5650.373.72LFrontalPrecentral gyrus6

Calculation > reading139.74-43.4744.183.71RParietalPrecuneus7
(1000 permutations)23.1-57.8656.283.54RParietalPrecuneus7
2-26.360.3954.33.71LFrontalMiddle frontal gyrus6
3-33.62-45.1850.633.71LParietalInferior parietal lobule40

Programming > calculation144.7520.097.3722.88RFrontalInferior frontal gyrus45
(1000 permutations)2-52.53-49.42-2.8572.37LTemporalMiddle temporal gyrus22
3-57.58-15.91-14.031.71LTemporalMiddle temporal gyrus21
4-56.57-44.84-13.322.46LTemporalMiddle temporal gyrus20
5-13.54-3.91171.511.76LFrontalSuperior frontal gyrus6
6-52.12-75.26-2.0861.76LOccipitalInferior temporal gyrus37
76.36449.4946.81.76RFrontalMedial frontal gyrus8
821.820.92365.341.76RFrontalSubgyral6
9-51.5225.9729.123.09LFrontalMiddle frontal gyrus46
1051.5225.2233.981.85RFrontalMiddle frontal gyrus9

Calculation > programming131.72-62.9447.392.37RParietalSuperior parietal lobule7
(1000 permutations)33.64-58.0143.622.26RParietalInferior parietal lobule40
2-32.32-57.7642.662.58LParietalInferior parietal lobule40
-22.93-61.1546.612.51LParietalPrecuneus7

Programming > Reading123.541.23265.361.85RFrontalMiddle frontal gyrus6
(1000 permutations)2-51.52-73.82-1.8841.85LOccipitalInferior temporal gyrus37
344.4420.287.62.75RFrontalInferior frontal gyrus13
40.414.312.9321.96RSublobarInsula
429.39-81.55.6021.73ROccipitalMiddle occipital gyrus19
5-62.63-42.83-12.011.98LTemporalMiddle temporal gyrus21
6-13.03-3.64472.391.85LFrontalSuperior frontal gyrus6
76.16249.2547.541.85RFrontalMedial frontal gyrus8
8-48.7928.4531.212.88LFrontalMiddle frontal gyrus9
9-54.75-30.8850.281.85LParietalPostcentral gyrus2
1047.272.56146.061.73RFrontalMiddle frontal gyrus6
11-59.6-13.01-14.11.73LTemporalMiddle temporal gyrus21

Reading > programming1-506.88713.642.75LFrontalPrecentral gyrus44
(1000 permutations)-34.3420.395.4292.51LSublobarInsula13
-43.3314.029.0112.37LFrontalPrecentral gyrus44
-46.4625.643.532.23LFrontalInferior frontal gyrus47
-52.538.1342.6062.14LTemporalSuperior temporal gyrus22
-40.411.1226.712.07LFrontalMiddle frontal gyrus9
2-2.021.10948.381.64LLimbicCingulate gyrus24
-6.3644.82150.641.64LFrontalMedial frontal gyrus32