Table 2.
Differences in brain activations between female and male participants in risky versus safe response and punishment feedback versus risky-response contrasts in whole-brain analysis
BA | Side | Coordinate |
Cluster | T | ||||
x | y | z | ||||||
Females > males | ||||||||
Risky versus safe response | Middle frontal gyrus | 46 | R | 28 | 46 | 26 | 16 | 4.01 |
(Risk taking) | Insula | 13 | R | 42 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 4.50 |
Middle temporal gyrus | 20 | L | −58 | −20 | −20 | 22 | 4.33 | |
Punishment feedback versus risky response | Inferior frontal gyrus | 48 | L | −30 | 30 | 14 | 41 | 4.78 |
(Punishment) | Precentral gyrus | 6 | L | −20 | −22 | 62 | 25 | 4.46 |
Paracentral lobule | 4 | L | −10 | −22 | 74 | 18 | 4.19 | |
Postcentral gyrus | 3 | L | −28 | −28 | 50 | 28 | 4.18 |
Note: No significantly stronger activation in male participants, relative to female participants, was observed. Extended cluster = 10 voxels. L = left hemisphere; R = right hemisphere; x, y, z in Montreal Neurological Institute coordinates.