# Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Mathematical Expertise
## 3 Results
### Functional Connectivity between Mathematicians and Non-Mathematicians
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**1 st ROI** & **2 nd ROI** & \(p\)**-Value** \\ \hline \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Mathematicians \textgreater{} Non-mathematicians**} \\ Left lateral orbital gyrus (LOrG) & Left triangular part of the inferior frontal gyrus (TrIFG) & 0.0003 \\ Right ventral diencephalon (VDC) & Right frontal pole (FP) & 0.0011 \\ Left ventral diencephalon (VDC) & Left superior frontal gyrus (SFG) & 0.0019 \\ Left caudate nucleus (CN) & Right opercular part of the inferior frontal gyrus (OpIFG) & 0.0021 \\ Left parahippocampal gyrus (PhG) & Right supplementary motor cortex (SMC) & 0.0031 \\ Left caudate nucleus (CN) & Right inferior occipital gyrus (IOG) & 0.0039 \\ Right pallidum (Pd) & Left inferior temporal gyrus (ITG) & 0.0039 \\ Left middle cingulate gyrus (MCG) & Right temporal pole (TP) & 0.0039 \\ Left putamen (Pu) & Left frontal pole (FP) & 0.0041 \\ Right orbital part of the inferior frontal gyrus (OrIFG) & Left planum temporale (PT) & 0.0041 \\ Left putamen & Left inferior temporal gyrus & 0.0051 \\ Left ventral diencephalon & Right frontal pole & 0.0051 \\ Right postcentral gyrus & Left precentral gyrus & 0.0059 \\ Left fusiform gyrus & Left planum temporale & 0.0061 \\ Left anterior orbital gyrus & Left occipital pole & 0.0061 \\ Right putamen & Left frontal pole & 0.0063 \\ Left lateral orbital gyrus & Right triangular part of the inferior frontal gyrus & 0.0065 \\ Left frontal pole & Left posterior orbital gyrus & 0.0065 \\ Right occipital pole & Right planum temporale & 0.0069 \\ Right putamen & Right medial orbital gyrus & 0.0073 \\ Left amygdala & Right medial frontal cortex & 0.0079 \\ Right middle temporal gyrus & Left temporal pole & 0.0081 \\ \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Non-Mathematicians \textgreater{} Mathematicians**} \\ Left lateral orbital gyrus (LOrG) & Right precuneus (Pcun) & 0.000 \\ Right thalamus (Th) & Right lateral orbital gyrus (LOrG) & 0.0007 \\ Left thalamus (Th) & Right lateral orbital gyrus (LOrG) & 0.0011 \\ Right middle occipital gyrus (MOG) & Right supplementary motor cortex (SMC) & 0.0017 \\ Right middle occipital gyrus (MOG) & Left middle occipital gyrus (MOG) & 0.0021 \\ Left gyrus recuts (GRe) & Right precuneus (Pcun) & 0.0027 \\ Right postcentral gyrus (PcG) & Right superior occipital gyrus (SOC) & 0.0031 \\ Right medial frontal cortex (MFC) & Right precuneus (Pcun) & 0.0033 \\ Right caudate nucleus (CN) & Right planum temporale (PT) & 0.0037 \\ Left medial frontal cortex (MFC) & Right precuneus (Pcun) & 0.0041 \\ Right ventral diencephalon & Right fusiform gyrus & 0.0050 \\ Right caudate nucleus & Left middle cingulate gyrus & 0.0053 \\ Left lateral orbital gyrus & Left precuneus & 0.0061 \\ Right caudate nucleus & Left anterior insula & 0.0067 \\ Right lingual gyrus & Left lingual gyrus & 0.0067 \\ Left precentral gyrus & Left middle temporal gyrus & 0.0069 \\ Left prefrontal gyrus & Left precentral gyrus & 0.0069 \\ Left ventral diencephalon & Right fusiform gyrus & 0.0075 \\ Right gyrus rectus & Right precuneus & 0.0081 \\ Right hippocampus & Right inferior occipital gyrus & 0.0089 \\ Right caudate nucleus & Right supramarginal gyrus & 0.0091 \\ Right caudate nucleus & Left caudate nucleus & 0.0093 \\ Right calcarine cortex & Right lingual gyrus & 0.0099 \\ Right frontal pole & Right posterior orbital gyrus & 0.0099 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: List of region of interest (ROI) pairs showing statistically significant differences between mathematicians and non-mathematicians in terms of functional connectivity.