Review Article

How Extended Is Wernicke’s Area? Meta-Analytic Connectivity Study of BA20 and Integrative Proposal

Table 1

Studies of language paradigms included in the meta-analysis (11 papers, 207 subjects, 12 experiments, and 174 foci).

PublicationParadigmFoci

Devlin et al., 2003Semantic + phonologic − rest1226
Binder et al., 2003Word > nonwords2626
Shapiro et al., 2006Nouns > verbs103
Katzir et al., 2005Nonblend > plus-minus1212
Assaf et al., 2006Correct recall1815
Wang et al., 2004Naming > letter strings127
Damasio et al., 2001Word retrieval − picture control207
Action words − picture control206
Longe et al., 2007Verbs + nouns versus baseline128
Binder et al., 2005Naming − written words2432
Sabsevitz et al., 2005Concrete − abstract nouns2826
Bedny et al., 2006Word comprehension136