Table 3.
Significant differences in effective connectivity between male perpetrators and other offenders compared to non-offenders
| Network | Connectivity | Group comparison | Effect size in Hz | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source | Target | ||||
| MPG-NOG | |||||
| Inhibition | |||||
| LIFG | → | RMFG | + | 0.13 | |
| LIFG | → | LSTG | + | 0.13 | |
| LIFG | → | RSMG | + | 0.13 | |
| RIFG | → | LMeFG | + | 0.08 | |
| RSMG | → | RMFG | + | 0.07 | |
| LMeFG | → | LIFG | − | −0.09 | |
| LSTG | → | LMeFG | − | −0.14 | |
| RSMG | → | LIFG | − | −0.11 | |
| RSMG | → | RIFG | − | −0.07 | |
| Excitation | LMTG | → | RMFG | − | −0.11 |
| OOG-NOG | |||||
| Inhibition | LIFG | → | RMFG | + | 0.13 |
| LIFG | → | RSMG | + | 0.12 | |
| LIFG | → | LSTG | + | 0.16 | |
| RIFG | → | LMeFG | + | 0.08 | |
| RSMG | → | RMFG | + | 0.08 | |
| LMeFG | → | LIFG | − | −0.10 | |
| LMeFG | → | LSTG | − | −0.10 | |
| LMeFG | → | RSMG | − | −0.09 | |
| RSMG | → | LIFG | − | −0.13 | |
| RSMG | → | RIFG | − | −0.08 | |
| Excitation | LMTG | → | RMFG | − | −0.06 |
| LSTG | → | LMeFG | − | −0.13 | |
| RMFG | → | RSMG | − | −0.10 | |
MPG = male perpetrator group; OOG = other offender group; NOG = non-offender group; group comparison always in relation to the convicted groups (MPG and OOG). Increased connectivity in MPG or OOG compared to NOG is represented by " + ", while decreased connectivity in MPG or OOG compared to NOG is represented by "-". Left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG), right inferior frontal gyrus (RIFG), right middle frontal gyrus (RMFG), left medial frontal gyrus (LMeFG), left middle temporal gyrus (LMTG), left superior temporal gyrus (LSTG) and right supramarginal gyrus (RSMG)