Table 2

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 regionTalairach coordinatest*pFDR–corrected
Early and late respon ses within each group
Healthy participants
 Initial response
  Right amygdala18−5−155.55< 0.001
  Left amygdala−20−3−135.36< 0.001
  Bilateral medial frontal gyrus (BA 6)412455.52< 0.001
−88474.74< 0.001
  Left cingulate gyr us (BA 32)−819384.08< 0.001
  Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40)−40−40442.720.009
 Sustained response
  Right amygdala20−7−157.04< 0.001
  Left amygdala−22−3−175.01< 0.001
  Bilateral medial frontal gyrus (BA 6)410466.26< 0.001
−88475.32< 0.001
  Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40)−40−41442.590.011
Schizophrenia patients
 Initial response
  Right amygdala22−5−153.340.002
  Left amygdala−26−5−172.120.030
−20−3−152.020.036
  Bilateral medial frontal gyrus (BA 6)−412495.11< 0.001
610474.98< 0.001
  Bilateral cingulate gyrus (BA 32)−623385.26< 0.001
1023381.900.045
  Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40)−42−36506.84< 0.001
  Left medial fronta l cortex (BA 10)−165562.210.024
 Sustained response
  Bilateral medial frontal gyrus (BA 6)610474.150.008
−412494.020.008
  Left cingulate gyr us−623384.760.005
  Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40)−42−36503.800.008
  Left medial fronta l cortex (BA 10)−185373.110.013
  Left middle temporal gyrus (BA 21)−50−2−162.560.024
Between-group comparison of initial and sustained responses
Healthy participants > s chizophrenia patients
 Initial responseNo significant clusters
 Sustained response
  Right amygdala20−6−184.060.038
  Left amygdala−20−2−163.620.038
Schizophrenia patients > healthy participants
 Initial response
  Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40)−38−40555.130.001
  Left medial fronta l cortex (BA 10)−165563.360.005
  Left middle temporal gyrus (BA 21)−520−164.520.001
 Sustained response
  Left inferior pariet al cortex (BA 40)−36−40554.280.039
  Left medial fronta l cortex (BA 10)−1557123.320.045
  Left middle temporal gyrus (BA 21)−520−163.500.045
  • 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.