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. 2023 Jun 23;36(5):698–709. doi: 10.1007/s10548-023-00974-9

Table 3.

Sex differences in amygdala and PFC activity during emotion regulation

Males (N = 51) Females (N = 49)
M SE 95% CI M SE 95% CI
Amygdala
 Diminish negative − 0.004 0.009 [− 0.022, 0.014] 0.011 0.010 [− 0.009, 0.031]
 View negative 0.036 0.007 [0.022, 0.050] 0.011 0.014 [− 0.017, 0.040]
 Intensify negative 0.038 0.013 [0011, 0.065] 0.060 0.012 [0.036, 0.085]
 Diminish positive 0.023 0.010 [0.002, 0.044] − 0.006 0.011 [− 0.028, 0.015]
 View positive − 0.000 0.011 [− 0.023, 0.023] 0.018 0.010 [− 0.002, 0.038]
 Intensify positive 0.052 0.010 [− 0.032, 0.073] 0.026 0.012 [0.003, 0.050]
 View neutral 0.002 0.010 [− 0.018, 0.022] − 0.011 0.011 [− 0.034, 0.011]
Prefrontal cortex
 Diminish negative 0.015 0.015 [− 0.015, 0.046] 0.067 0.016 [0.035, 0.098]
 View negative 0.010 0.013 [− 0.016, 0.038] 0.028 0.014 [− 0.000, 0.056]
 Intensify negative 0.043 0.013 [0.016, 0.070] 0.087 0.014 [0.058, 0.116]
 Diminish positive 0.048 0.014 [0.027, 0.075] 0.074 0.013 [0.047, 0.101]
 View positive − 0.015 0.015 [− 0.046, 0.016] 0.057 0.012 [0.033, 0.081]
 Intensify positive 0.055 0.013 [0.029, 0.082] 0.091 0.016 [0.059, 0.122]
 View neutral − 0.016 0.011 [− 0.038, 0.005] 0.007 0.014 [− 0.022, 0.035]