Table 2.

Effective connectivity results.

	General task-related connectivity					Interference-related connectivity
Direction	t	Df	p	d	n (HF / LF)	t	Df	p*	d	n (HF / LF)1
dACC → LaI	− 2.03	41	0.024*	− 0.620	21/22	− 0.420	41	0.662	− 0.129	20/23
dACC → RaI	0.18	39	0.569	0.055	21/20	− 1.320	40	0.903	− 0.408	21/19
dACC → RaPFC	0.24	42	0.593	0.071	21/23	− 1.285	40	0.897	− 0.396	21/21
dACC → LaPFC	0.06	41	0.524	0.018	20/23	0.480	45	0.317	0.140	23/24
LaI → dACC	0.80	42	0.787	0.243	21/23	0.254	42	0.400	0.077	21/23
LaI → RaI	− 0.49	40	0.314	− 0.151	22/20	− 0.278	40	0.609	− 0.086	21/21
LaI → RaPFC	− 1.50	41	0.071	− 0.458	21/22	1.261	39	0.107	0.395	19/22
LaI → LaPFC	− 0.74	39	0.471	− 0.023	21/20	0.043	37	0.483	0.014	21/18
RaI → dACC	0.37	38	0.644	0.118	19/21	− 0.548	38	0.706	− 0.173	20/20
RaI → LaI	− 2.39	44	0.011*	− 0.695	23/23	1.849	44	0.036	0.545	23/23
RaI → RaPFC	− 3.77	41	< .001*	− 1.150	22/21	− 0.060	40	0.524	− 0.019	21/21
RaI → LaPFC	− 1.14	42	0.131	− 0.344	21/23	0.308	41	0.380	0.094	21/22
RaPFC → dACC	− 3.39	43	< .001*	− 1.009	23/22	0.058	39	0.477	0.018	20/21
RaPFC → LaI	− 2.00	42	0.026	− 0.605	21/23	1.912	42	0.031	0.577	22/22
RaPFC → RaI	− 0.65	40	0.260	− 0.200	21/22	− 0.597	35	0.723	− 0.196	19/18
RaPFC → LaPFC	− 2.31	43	0.013*	− 0.686	22/23	0.978	43	0.167	0.292	23/22
LaPFC → dACC	− 0.63	41	0.265	− 0.193	21/22	0.630	42	0.266	0.190	22/22
LaPFC → LaI	− 1.33	39	0.096	− 0.416	20/21	0.488	39	0.314	0.152	21/20
LaPFC → RaI	− 0.79	40	0.217	− 0.244	22/20	0.176	39	0.431	0.055	19/22
LaPFC → RaPFC	− 0.013	40	0.495	− 0.004	19/19	− 0.351	41	0.636	− 0.107	20/23

Independent t-test between Lower-Fit (LF) and Higher-fit (HF) children for all connections within the cingulo-opercular network. dACC = Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; LaI = Left anterior insula; RaI = Right anterior insula; RaPFC = Right anterior prefrontal cortex; LaPFC = Left anterior prefrontal cortex; the bolded text indicates connectivity assessments that are statistically significant; *significant after FDR correction; ¹after extreme outlier removal.