Table 2.

Brain regions for which there was a positive association between improvisation experience and the functional connectivity during improvisation

SeedSideRegionSideCoordinatesaVoxel levelbtCluster size kE
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DLPFCRightPMD/SFGRight2611695.8113
CerebellumRight6−49−365.4933
SMA/PreCGRight14−15785.257
LeftPMD/SFGRight2611696.3793
SMA/FLRight12−16786.3439
ITGLeft−48−49−215.6890
ITGRight46−34−245.3823
ITGRight48−49−235.2670
PMDRightSMA/FLRight10−13789.55186
CerebellumRight54−67−307.591569
M1/CScRight51−18627.07301
CerebellumRight6−52−397.0272
M1/CSdRight63−7406.73284
DLPFC/MFGLeft−3645366.54113
SPLRight15−48786.4255
IPLLeft−50−55546.3196
PMD/PreCGLeft−523496.0353
Precuneus/SPLLeft−6−60696.0142
M1/PreCGLeft−34−10705.93130
MTGLeft−69−19−205.7514
CerebellumRight9−90−385.7222
CerebellumRight18−60−185.6545
SMGLeft−68−28315.6332
CerebellumLeft−16−67−215.5238
CerebellumRight14−78−425.5168
M1/CSLeft−24−27755.464
M1/ParaCLLeft−14−24785.425
S1/PostCGRight30−31455.4116
ITGRight45−25−205.428
M1/PreCGLeft−45−15635.3615
ITGRight46−19−145.254
LeftM1/CSdRight63−7407.35127
M1/CScRight52−15587.17112
PMD/SFGRight3012666.8588
SMGLeft−68−30315.7550
SMA/FLRight10−13785.5713
SPLRight21−46765.3711
PreSMARightSMA/PreCGRight14−15787.1879
PMD/SFGRight2611697.15126
M1/CScRight51−18627.02316
M1/CSdRight63−7406.69288
DLPFC/MFGLeft−3645366.0771
IPLLeft−46−57555.9553
SMGLeft−68−30315.889
CerebellumRight54−67−305.7852
STGLeft−69−37125.6921
CerebellumRight3−49−395.6891
ITGRight48−28−235.5437
PostCGRight20−46765.5419
M1/PreCGLeft−28−21735.414
ITGRight52−51−185.3538
PMD/PreCGLeft−525485.34
LeftIPLLeft−48−57545.7566
SMGLeft−68−28315.7240
DLPFC/MFGLeft−3942345.3910
  • CS, central sulcus; FL, frontal lobe; IPL, inferior parietal lobe; ITG, inferior temporal gyrus; M1, primary motor cortex; MFG, middle frontal gyrus; MTG, middle temporal gyrus; ParaCL, paracentral lobule; PMD, dorsal premotor region; PMV, ventral premotor region; PostCG, postcentral gyrus; PreCG, precentral gyrus; S1, primary somatosensory cortex; SFG, superior frontal gyrus; SMA, supplementary motor area; SPL, superior parietal lobe; STG, superior temporal gyrus; SMG, supramarginal gyrus.

  • aCoordinates in millimeters in the Montreal Neurological Institute space.

  • bVoxel-level familywise error rate, corrected p = 0.05.

  • cThe cluster extended into the PreCG.

  • dThe cluster extended into the PMV/PreCG.