Table 1.

Amodal regions activated by sentences and words (17 subjects)

RegionLeft hemisphereRight hemisphere
CoordinatesZ scoresCoordinatesZ scores
xyzMain effectVisualAuditoryxyzMain effectVisualAuditory
pSTS (P)−52−426InfInf7.2
    STS−64−384Inf7.76.954−3246.65.85.8
    STS−58−280Inf7.87.8
    STS−52−26−4Inf7.27.554−26−46.85.96.4
    STS−60−14−46.95.56.9
    STS−54−6−107.76.57.158−2−1064.75.9
    STS−566−126.76.56.4
aSTS (A)−5410−146.95.76.65810−126.34.46.6
5218−205.74.25.8
Anterior occipitotemporal sulcus−42−40−165.85.34.4
Temporoparietal
    Posterior middle temporal gyrus−50−56125.14.24.6
    Posterior superior temporal gyrus−60−48146.65.4654−42125.24.84.6
    Ventral supramarginal gyrus−54−42246.25.55.3
Inferior frontal lobe
    Pars orbitalis−4624−66.85.96.5
    Pars triangularis−4030−27.86.97.0
−581625.35.24.5
    Pars opercularis−4612206.15.74.8
−5216246.66.25.2
  • Main effect of auditory and visual sentences and words at p < 0.001, masked inclusively at p < 0.001, by sentences and words for each modality was measured independently. Clusters represent local maxima. ROIs used in the DCM analysis are shown in bold.