Practice makes perfect: the neural substrates of tactile discrimination by Mah-Jong experts include the primary visual cortex

Table 1 Task related activation by tactile Mah-Jong discrimination

Cluster			MNI coordinates			Z-value	Location	BA
P	voxel	Size (mm³)	X (mm)	Y (mm)	Z (mm)
Mah-Jong experts (within the occipital cortex)
<0.001	1443	11544	10	-88	-22	4.01	GL	18
			-12	-84	-20	3.92	GL	18
			18	-72	-16	3.91	GL	18
			20	-66	-16	3.85	GL	18
			-52	-58	-8	3.84	GOm	19
			16	-80	2	3.57	GL	17/18
Expert > Non-expert (within the areas depicted by Mah-Jong experts contrast)
0.006		1368	-8	-80	4	3.82	GL	17/18
			-6	-70	2	3.75	GL	17/18

All P values at cluster level were corrected for multiple comparisons over the search volume within the occipital cortex or the areas depicted by the Mah-Jong Experts contrast. GL, lingual gyrus; GOm, middle occipital gyrus.

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