Table 3.
Sex differences in amygdala and PFC activity during emotion regulation
Males (N = 51) | Females (N = 49) | |||||
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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] |