Table 3.

Peaks of activation for the two categories “action observation”, and “action imitation.”

Macroanatomical location	Cytoarchitectonic location	MNI coordinates
Macroanatomical location	Cytoarchitectonic location	x	y	z
Action observation
L IFG / PrG	BA 44 / BA 45 / vent-lat BA 6	−50	9	30
L lat dPMC	dors-lat BA 6	−26	−4	56
L med PMC (SMA)	med BA 6	−2	18	50
L SI / IPS / SPL	BA 2 / hIP3 / 7A	−34	−44	52
L IPL	PFt / PFop	−60	−24	36
L STS / pMTG		−54	−50	8
L lat occipital	V5	−46	−72	2
L fusiform (FFA/FBA)		−44	−56	−18
R IFG	BA 44	52	12	26
R IFG	BA 45	56	30	−2
R lat dPMC / MFG	dors-lat BA 6	34	−2	54
R med PMC (SMA)	med BA 6	4	12	58
R SI	BA 1 / 2	60	−20	40
R IPL	PFt	44	−34	44
R SPL	7A	22	−62	64
R IPS	hIP3	30	−54	48
R STS / pMTG		56	−40	4
R lat occipital	V5	52	−64	0
R fusiform (FFA/FBA)		44	−54	−18
Action imitation
L IFG / PrG	BA 44 / vent-lat BA 6	−60	12	14
L lat dPMC	dors-lat BA 6	−36	−14	62
L med PMC (SMA)	med BA 6	−1	12	52
L SI / IPS	BA 2 / hIP3	−38	−40	50
L STS / pMTG		−54	−50	10
L lat occipital	V5	−52	−70	6
R IFG	BA 44 / 45	58	16	10
R lat dPMC / MFG	dors-lat BA 6 / MFG	42	4	56
R med PMC (SMA)	med BA 6	14	6	66
R anterior insula		42	4	1
R SI / IPL	BA 2 / PFt	52	−36	52
R SII / IPL	OP1 / PFcm	60	−26	20
R lat occipital	V5	54	−64	4
R fusiform (FFA/FBA)		44	−54	−22

All peaks are assigned to the most probable brain areas as revealed by the SPM Anatomy Toolbox (Eickhoff et al., 2005, 2007).

FFA/FBA: fusiform face area/fusiform body area, IFG: inferior frontal gyrus, IPL: inferior parietal lobule, IPS: intraparietal sulcus, MFG: middle frontal gyrus, PMC: premotor cortex, pMTG: posterior middle temporal gyrus, PrG: precentral gyrus, SI: primary somatosensory cortex, SII: secondary somatosensory cortex, SMA: supplementary motor cortex, SPL: superior parietal lobule, STS: superior temporal sulcus, dors-lat: dorso-lateral, med: medial, lat: lateral, vent-lat: ventro-lateral.

For further naming details, see Materials and Methods and Results sections.