Table 4.

Between-group contrast statistics of increased activation in one-handers compared with controls outside the hand regionsa

DatasetConditionRegionRegionRegion
1LipsSupracalcarine cortex, 735 voxels, zmax = 3.75 (2, −79, 13)Deprived/nondominant occipital pole, 342 voxels, zmax = 4.01 (20, −91, 23)Intact/dominant parahippocampal gyrus, 217 voxels, zmax = 3.9 (−26, −10, −23)
2LipsDeprived/nondominant putamen, 288 voxels, zmax = 3.7 (26, −4, −1)Intact/dominant parahippocampal gyrus, 187 voxels, zmax = 3.83 (−30, −17, −28)Deprived/nondominant cerebellar lobule VIIb, 167 voxels, zmax = 4 (−7, −78, −48)
FeetIntact/dominant frontal pole, 221 voxels, zmax = 4.18 (−27, 57, 0)Deprived/nondominant frontal pole, 177 voxels, zmax = 3.65 (29, 49, 7)
  • aThe number of voxels, peak intensity (zmax), and coordinates of the center of gravity of significant activation clusters are presented for each dataset and task condition. Coordinates are based on the MNI 152 brain template.