Research Article

Visual and Auditory fMRI Paradigms for Presurgical Language Mapping: Convergent Validity and Relationship to Individual Variables

Table 2

Agreement between paradigms for classification of individuals as left, right, or bilaterally language dominant.

Left dominantRight dominantBilateral
VisualAuditoryVisualAuditoryVisualAuditoryAgreement

Right handed30/31 (97%)31/31 (100%)0/31 (0%)0/31 (3%)1/31 (3%)0/31 (0%)30/31 (97%)
Left handed26/30 (87%)25/30 (83%)3/30 (10%)3/30 (10%)1/30 (3%)2/30 (7%)29/30 (97%)
Total56/61 (92%)56/61 (92%)3/61 (5%)3/61 (5%)2/61 (3%)3/61 (5%)59/61 (97%)