Relationship between Memory Load and Listening Demands in Age-Related Hearing Impairment

Table 3

Peaks of neural response for the main effects in the verbal working memory task.

Main effect	Contrast	Peak ()		Cluster	Brain region
Memory load		16 -76 -4	8.93	1564	Right lingual gyrus
		-10 -82 -2	7.23	1144	Left lingual gyrus
		32 -82 16	6.32	793	Right middle occipital gyrus
		-26 -90 18	6.02	803	Left middle occipital gyrus
		-44 -48 44	5.95	1459	Left supramarginal gyrus
		-44 24 30	4.96	899	Left middle frontal gyrus
		38 -66 -34	4.50	324	Right cerebellum
		-8 26 46	4.28	366	Left supplementary motor cortex
Listening condition		62 -8 0	9.72	6809	Right superior temporal gyrus
		-60 -16 6	9.03	6056	Left superior temporal gyrus
		n.s.
Group		n.s.

Note: the specific contrasts of memory load, memory load, and sound encompass all areas reported in the main effects. (, FWE corrected on the cluster level). n.s.: not significant.