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. 2004 Oct 5;101(42):15265–15270. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403703101

Table 3. Brain regions showing differential activation between equal and unequal bilinguals (random effects analysis, threshold P < 0.001).

Area BA x y z Peak t
Equal vs. unequal bilinguals
   Activation
      0-back, 1-back, and 2-back
         L insula 13 −28 19 2 3.74
         R inferior parietal lobule 40 55 −38 23 3.49
      2-back minus 0-back
         L inferior frontal gyrus 45 −50 23 16 3.48
Unequal vs. equal bilinguals
   Activation
      0-back, 1-back, and 2-back
         Cingulate gyrus 32 −16 7 41 3.51
   Deactivation
      0-back, 1-back, and 2-back
         Ant. medial frontal gyrus 10/32 −7 40 1 3.69
         R Cuneus 19 29 −74 27 3.33
      2-back minus 0-back
         Precuneus 7 1 −41 51 4.21

L, Left; R, right; ant., anterior.