Table 2 Brain regions associated with the post-classical concepts, grouped by hypothesized cognitive process (designated in italic).

	Cluster number on figure	x	y	z	# of Voxels
Reasoning about intangibles
Left Supramarginal	8	−56	−51	23	11
Right inferior temporal	5	59	−59	−11	15
Assessing consilience
Left medial frontal	6	−12	54	26	4
Right middle frontal	2	41	8	58	3
Causal reasoning
Left supramarginal	8	−56	−51	23	11
Right superior parietal	1	26	−65	52	15
Right middle frontal	3	47	43	22	7
Right inferior orbital frontal	4	45	28	−35	2
Knowledge management
Left medial frontal	6	−12	54	26	4
Left medial frontal	7	−15	53	10	2
Unassigned clusters
Right fusiform	Not shown	28	−35	−17	2

The activation levels of the voxel clusters in these regions increased for the post-classical concepts with extreme factor scores associated with this dimension. Since regions are multipotent, some are grouped under more than one process.

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