Brain activity responses across regions of interest during the initial (first 21 seconds of the emotional block) and the sustained (final 21 seconds of the block) performance of the facial emotional recognition task
Response; brain region | Talairach coordinates | t* | pFDR–corrected | ||
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Early and late respon ses within each group | |||||
Healthy participants | |||||
Initial response | |||||
Right amygdala | 18 | −5 | −15 | 5.55 | < 0.001 |
Left amygdala | −20 | −3 | −13 | 5.36 | < 0.001 |
Bilateral medial frontal gyrus (BA 6) | 4 | 12 | 45 | 5.52 | < 0.001 |
−8 | 8 | 47 | 4.74 | < 0.001 | |
Left cingulate gyr us (BA 32) | −8 | 19 | 38 | 4.08 | < 0.001 |
Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40) | −40 | −40 | 44 | 2.72 | 0.009 |
Sustained response | |||||
Right amygdala | 20 | −7 | −15 | 7.04 | < 0.001 |
Left amygdala | −22 | −3 | −17 | 5.01 | < 0.001 |
Bilateral medial frontal gyrus (BA 6) | 4 | 10 | 46 | 6.26 | < 0.001 |
−8 | 8 | 47 | 5.32 | < 0.001 | |
Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40) | −40 | −41 | 44 | 2.59 | 0.011 |
Schizophrenia patients | |||||
Initial response | |||||
Right amygdala | 22 | −5 | −15 | 3.34 | 0.002 |
Left amygdala | −26 | −5 | −17 | 2.12 | 0.030 |
−20 | −3 | −15 | 2.02 | 0.036 | |
Bilateral medial frontal gyrus (BA 6) | −4 | 12 | 49 | 5.11 | < 0.001 |
6 | 10 | 47 | 4.98 | < 0.001 | |
Bilateral cingulate gyrus (BA 32) | −6 | 23 | 38 | 5.26 | < 0.001 |
10 | 23 | 38 | 1.90 | 0.045 | |
Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40) | −42 | −36 | 50 | 6.84 | < 0.001 |
Left medial fronta l cortex (BA 10) | −16 | 55 | 6 | 2.21 | 0.024 |
Sustained response | |||||
Bilateral medial frontal gyrus (BA 6) | 6 | 10 | 47 | 4.15 | 0.008 |
−4 | 12 | 49 | 4.02 | 0.008 | |
Left cingulate gyr us | −6 | 23 | 38 | 4.76 | 0.005 |
Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40) | −42 | −36 | 50 | 3.80 | 0.008 |
Left medial fronta l cortex (BA 10) | −18 | 53 | 7 | 3.11 | 0.013 |
Left middle temporal gyrus (BA 21) | −50 | −2 | −16 | 2.56 | 0.024 |
Between-group comparison of initial and sustained responses | |||||
Healthy participants > s chizophrenia patients | |||||
Initial response | No significant clusters | ||||
Sustained response | |||||
Right amygdala | 20 | −6 | −18 | 4.06 | 0.038 |
Left amygdala | −20 | −2 | −16 | 3.62 | 0.038 |
Schizophrenia patients > healthy participants | |||||
Initial response | |||||
Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40) | −38 | −40 | 55 | 5.13 | 0.001 |
Left medial fronta l cortex (BA 10) | −16 | 55 | 6 | 3.36 | 0.005 |
Left middle temporal gyrus (BA 21) | −52 | 0 | −16 | 4.52 | 0.001 |
Sustained response | |||||
Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40) | −36 | −40 | 55 | 4.28 | 0.039 |
Left medial fronta l cortex (BA 10) | −15 | 57 | 12 | 3.32 | 0.045 |
Left middle temporal gyrus (BA 21) | −52 | 0 | −16 | 3.50 | 0.045 |
FDR = false discovery rate; BA = Brodmann area.
↵* Early and late responses calculated with 13 degrees of freedom; between-group comparisons calculated with 26 degrees of freedom.