Table 4.
Significant differences in effective connectivity between male perpetrators and other offenders
| Network | Connectivity | Group comparison | Effect size in Hz | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG-OOG | Source | Target | |||
| Inhibition | RMFG | → | LSTG | + | 0.06 |
| LMeFG | → | LIFG | + | 0.09 | |
| LMeFG | → | RMFG | + | 0.13 | |
| LMeFG | → | LMTG | + | 0.08 | |
| LSTG | → | LIFG | + | 0.13 | |
| RSMG | → | LIFG | + | 0.14 | |
| RSMG | → | RIFG | + | 0.08 | |
| LIFG | → | RMFG | − | −0.11 | |
| LIFG | → | RSMG | − | −0.09 | |
| RIFG | → | LMeFG | − | −0.07 | |
| RMFG | → | LIFG | − | −0.09 | |
| RMFG | → | LMTG | − | −0.08 | |
| Excitation | RIFG | → | LIFG | + | 0.08 |
| RIFG | → | LMTG | + | 0.13 | |
| RMFG | → | RSMG | + | 0.25 | |
| LSTG | → | LMeFG | + | 0.09 | |
| LSTG | → | RSMG | + | 0.17 | |
| RSMG | → | RMFG | − | −0.18 | |
| LIFG | → | LMTG | − | −0.09 | |
| LIFG | → | LSTG | − | −0.18 | |
Note. MPG = male perpetrator group; OOG = other offender group. Group comparison is always in relation to male perpetrators. Increased connectivity in MPG compared to OOG is represented by " + ", while decreased connectivity in MPG compared to OOG 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)