Table 3.
Hand-sensitive activation in the sighted and blind subjectsa
| Spatial extent test/cluster size (mm3) | p values | MNI coordinates | Z value | Hemisphere | Anatomical region | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | |||||
| Overlap of hand-sensitive activation between vision and haptics in the sighted (conjunction analysis, Fig. 3C) | |||||||
| 19104 | <0.001 | −42 | −76 | 4 | 4.6 | L | Middle occipital gyrus |
| −58 | −46 | −2 | 5.3 | L | Middle temporal gyrus | ||
| −64 | −46 | 8 | 5.5 | L | Superior temporal gyrus | ||
| −56 | −40 | 30 | 5.1 | L | Supramarginal gyrus | ||
| −48 | −58 | 16 | 5.6 | L | Angular gyrus | ||
| −38 | −70 | −2 | 3.3 | L | Inferior occipital gyrus | ||
| 8224 | <0.001 | 48 | −66 | 0 | 4.0 | R | Middle occipital gyrus |
| 60 | −50 | 4 | 5.0 | R | Middle temporal gyrus | ||
| 48 | −38 | 6 | 3.5 | R | Superior temporal gyrus | ||
| 48 | −60 | 24 | 3.4 | R | Angular gyrus | ||
| 58 | −62 | −4 | 3.5 | R | Inferior temporal gyrus | ||
| 2016 | <0.001 | 62 | −30 | 28 | 4.4 | R | Supramarginal gyrus |
| 2256 | <0.001 | −4 | 54 | 8 | 4.0 | L | Superior frontal gyrus |
| 4 | 52 | 16 | 4.1 | R | Superior frontal gyrus | ||
| 0 | 42 | 4 | 3.0 | Cingulate gyrus | |||
| Hand-sensitive activation in the blind (both congenital and noncongenital, Fig. 3D) | |||||||
| 21408 | <0.001 | −48 | −78 | 24 | 5.2 | L | Middle occipital gyrus |
| −60 | −56 | 0 | 5.2 | L | Middle temporal gyrus | ||
| −52 | −56 | −6 | 3.6 | L | Inferior temporal gyrus | ||
| −60 | −50 | 20 | 4.1 | L | Superior temporal gyrus | ||
| −46 | −74 | 32 | 5.0 | L | Angular gyrus | ||
| −60 | −38 | 38 | 6.8 | L | Supramarginal gyrus | ||
| 15896 | <0.001 | 54 | −68 | 4 | 3.8 | R | Middle occipital gyrus |
| 60 | −56 | 8 | 4.5 | R | Middle temporal gyrus | ||
| 58 | −46 | 10 | 3.9 | R | Superior temporal gyrus | ||
| 44 | −52 | 14 | 5.8 | R | Angular gyrus | ||
| 58 | −38 | 46 | 5.1 | R | Supramarginal gyrus | ||
| 46 | −42 | 58 | 4.4 | R | Superior parietal lobule | ||
| 4592 | <0.001 | −8 | −60 | 34 | 3.4 | L | Precuneus |
| −12 | −54 | 40 | 4.2 | L | Superior parietal lobule | ||
| −8 | −48 | 32 | 5.0 | L | Cingulate gyrus | ||
| 6 | −42 | 26 | 4.7 | R | Cingulate gyrus | ||
| 2064 | <0.001 | 52 | −12 | −28 | 3.4 | R | Inferior temporal gyrus |
| 48 | −2 | −30 | 3.8 | R | Middle temporal gyrus | ||
| 50 | 6 | −24 | 4.2 | R | Superior temporal gyrus | ||
| 1480 | <0.01 | 48 | −40 | 30 | 3.2 | R | Angular gyrus |
| 44 | −36 | 40 | 4.0 | R | Supramarginal gyrus | ||
| 34 | −42 | 42 | 4.0 | R | Superior parietal lobule | ||
| 1192 | <0.05 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 4.9 | R | Superior frontal gyrus |
| 24 | 40 | 34 | 3.2 | R | Middle frontal gyrus | ||
| 7336 | <0.001 | −12 | 40 | −6 | 4.7 | L | Superior frontal gyrus |
| 6 | 48 | −2 | 4.1 | R | Superior frontal gyrus | ||
| −2 | 40 | 0 | 4.1 | L | Cingulate gyrus | ||
| 6 | 36 | 8 | 3.8 | R | Cingulate gyrus | ||
| 2472 | <0.001 | −12 | 26 | 60 | 4.6 | L | Superior frontal gyrus |
| −24 | 22 | 54 | 3.3 | L | Middle frontal gyrus | ||
| 1032 | <0.05 | −46 | 6 | 18 | 4.3 | L | Precentral gyrus |
| −50 | 12 | 10 | 4.2 | L | Inferior frontal gyrus | ||
| 1536 | <0.01 | 22 | −86 | −42 | 5.1 | R | Cerebellum |
| 1360 | <0.01 | 42 | −60 | −44 | 5.0 | R | Cerebellum |
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↵aThe activation was thresholded at p < 0.05, corrected for multiple comparisons over the whole brain, with the height threshold set at Z > 2.58. x, y, and z are stereotaxic coordinates (mm). R, Right; L, left.




