Figure 2.
Group difference detected in rostral anterior cingulate (rACC). A) Individuals with specific animal phobia (SAP) had greater right rostral anterior cingulate (rACC) activation in response to phobia-related compared to neutral words [(10, 42, 28)] compared to healthy controls (HC) in the emotional Counting Stroop task. Activation is displayed in sagittal view of the single subject overlay within SPM using a P<0.005 uncorrected display threshold. MNI coordinates are reported. B) Percent signal change values fixation were extracted from this functionally defined region of interest (ROI), rACC, showing SAP group exhibited greater response to phobia-related than neutral words C) Group differences in rACC activation in response to phobia-related vs. neutral words also confirm group difference in activation. Mean ± Standard deviations are displayed.