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Table 2 Main effects of group presenting activation differences independent of the stimulus valence

From: Does the amygdala response correlate with the personality trait ‘harm avoidance’ while evaluating emotional stimuli explicitly?

ANOVA analysis: main effect of group

Cluster size (voxels)

Position cluster peak (mm)

Peak F

Anatomical labels

Post-hoc tests

P: High – Low mean t (SD)

N: High – Low mean t (SD)

135

(-32,22,36)

23.03

Left middle frontal cortex

3.01 (0.41)

2.82 (0.40)

Left precentral gyrus

186

(24,48,30)

23.00

Right middle and superior frontal corte

3.18 (0.34)

2.86 (0.57)

98

(22,22,4)

18.36

Right caudate nucleus

3.38 (0.44)

2.44 (0.47)

Right putamen

157

(42,50,2)

17.83

Right middle frontal cortex

3.07 (0.28)

2.68 (0.31)

Right orbital middle and ingerior frontal cortex

141

(-4,-14,32)

17.09

Bilateral middle cingulate cortex

3.51 (0.41)

2.40 (0.39)

118

(32,-74,14)

16.48

Right middle and superior occipital cortex

3.54 (0.33)

2.04 (0.26)

  1. These results were found after applying a voxel significance threshold p < 0.005 and a cluster-extent threshold Ke > 58 voxels.