Table 4.
Increasing neural activation for lower and higher association word pairs for the control and RD groups in the auditory and visual modalities
| Group modality | Associate | Regions | H | BA | Z-score | Voxels | X | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | |||||||||
| Auditory | Lower | Middle temporal gyrus | L | 21 | 2.67 | 170 | −42 | −57 | 9 |
| Lower | Inferior frontal gyrus | L | 45, 47 | 2.99 | 334 | −36 | 27 | 12 | |
| Higher | Inferior parietal lobule | L | 40 | 3.46 | 155 | −51 | −54 | 51 | |
| Visual | Lower | Middle temporal gyrus | L | 21 | 2.47 | 56 | −48 | 3 | −18 |
| Lower | Inferior frontal gyrus | L | 45, 47 | 2.48 | 149 | −48 | 12 | 15 | |
| Higher | Inferior parietal lobule | L | 40 | 2.95 | 103 | −39 | −27 | 42 | |
| RD | |||||||||
| Auditory | Lower | Inferior frontal gyrus | L | 47 | 2.43 | 10 | −27 | 27 | −15 |
| Visual | Lower | Middle temporal gyrus | L | 21 | 2.38 | 14 | −51 | 3 | −15 |
Note. H, hemisphere; L, left; BA, Brodmann’s area. Coordinates of activation peaks are given in MNI stereotaxic space. All effects were significant at p < 0.05 uncorrected.