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Table 2 Stimulus material of the included studies

From: A coordinate-based ALE functional MRI meta-analysis of brain activation during verbal fluency tasks in healthy control subjects

 

First Author

Year

Task

Stimulus matrial phonemic

Stimulus matrial phonemic

Baseline condition

1

Abrahams [22]

2003

p

t, a, b, g, f

 

Repetion of the word “rest”

2

Bonelli [23]

2011

p

a, s, w, d, e

 

Fixation of a cross

3

Brammer [24]

1997

p

  

Repetion of the word “rest”

4

Curtis [25]

1998

p

f, a, s

 

Repetion of the word “rest”

5

Dye [26]

1999

p

f

 

Repetion of nouns/verbs

6

Fu1)[27]

2002

p

t, l, b, r, s, c, p

 

Repetion of the word “rest”

7

Halari2)[5]

2006

p

f, a, s, p, r, w

 

Repetion of the word “rest”

8

Hutchinson [28]

1999

p

f, a, s, t, n

 

Count forward silently

9

Lurito [29]

2000

p

c

 

Fixation of a symbol

10

Nosarti1)[30]

2009

p

s, c, p, t, h, b, a

 

Repetion of the word “rest”

11

Okada [31]

2003

p

sa, ta, te

 

Repetion of the word “yasumi” (rest)

12

Phelps [32]

1997

p

English alphabet

 

Repetion of cue words

13

Schlösser2)[33]

1998

p

f, a, s, t, n

 

Count forward silently

14

Weiss [34]

2003

p

f, a, s, b

 

Silent rest

15

Weiss [35]

2004

p

f, a, s

 

Silent rest

16

Audenaert [36]

2000

p/s

n, a, k, b

Animals, jobs, fruit, vegetables, interior and furniture

Saying aloud month/days

17

Heim [37]

2008

p/s

f, b, k, m, sh, t

Birds, mammals, food, weapons, tools, toys

Production of any nouns

18

Kircher [38]

2011

p/s

f

Animals

Silent rest

19

Meinzer [39]

2009

p/s

f, a, h, n

Sports, fruits, body parts, musical instruments

Repetion of the word “Pause” (rest)

20

Meinzer [40]

2012

p/s

m, j, s, k, t, q, p

Body parts, types of music, clothing, insects, colors, spices, beverages, criminal acts

Repetion of the word “rest”

21

Whitney [41]

2008

p/s

s, w, d, b, h, e, a, f

40 German category

Repetion of the word “Pause” (rest)

22

Amunts [42]

2004

s

 

Flowers, furniture

Covertly produce month/days

23

Basho [43]

2007

s

 

Animals, academic subjects, body parts, car parts, colors, drinks, food, furniture, hobbies, musical instruments, occupations, shapes, sports, tools/appliances, things you wear, transportation

Repetion of the word “nothing”

24

Gaillard [44]

2003

s

 

Animals, food, cloths, furniture, toys, TV shows

Silent rest

25

Gurd [45]

2002

s

 

Fruits, cars, furniture

Covertly produce month/days

26

Hwang [46]

2009

s

 

Animals, colors, shapes, sports, tools, transportation, body parts, things you drink

Repetion of the word “nothing”

27

Krug [47]

2011

s

 

Vegetables

Reading aloud nouns

28

Ragland [48]

2008

s

 

Fruits, vegetables, furniture, vegetables

Repetion of the word “rest”