Table 2. Functional connectivity results related to criticism and associations with neuroticism.
Cluster | Seed region | Correlate | Cluster size | T-value | Z-value | Coordinate | |||
x | y | z | |||||||
Criticism versus standard | |||||||||
1 | Left superior frontal gyrus | Superior parietal gyrus/ | 87 | 4.83 | 4.30 | −18 | −64 | 44 | |
Precuneus | 3.70 | 3.43 | −20 | −62 | 34 | ||||
1* | Left superior frontal gyrus | Precuneus | 303 | 4.82 | 4.30 | 10 | −50 | 50 | |
4.18 | 3.81 | 10 | −42 | 48 | |||||
4.14 | 3.78 | 0 | −46 | 54 | |||||
1* | Left superior frontal gyrus | Calcarine sulcus | 124 | 4.55 | 4.10 | 26 | −60 | 12 | |
4.43 | 4.01 | 22 | −52 | 6 | |||||
3.84 | 3.55 | 16 | −64 | 20 | |||||
1* | Superior frontal gyrus (BA9) | Lingual gyrus/ | 172 | 5.45 | 4.74 | −36 | −52 | −2 | |
Fusiform gyrus | 4.52 | 4.07 | −16 | −44 | −6 | ||||
4.49 | 4.05 | −34 | −60 | −4 | |||||
1 | Superior frontal gyrus (BA9) | Superior parietal gyrus/ | 103 | 5.25 | 4.60 | −16 | −66 | 46 | |
Superior occipital gyrus/ | 4.29 | 3.90 | −20 | −64 | 38 | ||||
Precuneus | |||||||||
1* | Superior frontal gyrus (BA9) | Calcarine sulcus/ | 137 | 5.12 | 4.51 | 22 | −52 | 6 | |
Lingual gyrus | 4.77 | 4.26 | 32 | −64 | 16 | ||||
4.48 | 4.04 | 26 | −60 | 12 | |||||
1* | Superior frontal gyrus (BA9) | Precuneus/ | 338 | 5.02 | 4.44 | 0 | −46 | 52 | |
Middle cingulate gyrus | 4.99 | 4.42 | 10 | −44 | 52 | ||||
3.80 | 3.52 | −6 | −52 | 56 | |||||
2* | Left inferior frontal gyrus | Precuneus | 615 | 6.14 | 5.19 | 0 | −56 | 50 | |
4.88 | 4.34 | 10 | −44 | 48 | |||||
4.51 | 4.07 | 12 | −58 | 46 | |||||
2 | Left inferior frontal gyrus | Lingual gyrus/ | 99 | 4.64 | 4.16 | 14 | −54 | 8 | |
Calcarine sulcus/ | |||||||||
Precuneus | |||||||||
2 | Left inferior frontal gyrus | Calcarine sulcus/ | 81 | 3.92 | 3.61 | −2 | −74 | 16 | |
Lingual gyrus | 3.85 | 3.56 | 6 | −64 | 16 | ||||
3.55 | 3.31 | 2 | −60 | 8 | |||||
2* | Left insula | Precuneus | 217 | 4.09 | 3.74 | 6 | −62 | 48 | |
3.88 | 3.58 | 14 | −58 | 44 | |||||
3.88 | 3.58 | 8 | −52 | 42 | |||||
3* | Posterior cingulate gyrus/precuneus | Medial orbital frontal gyrus | 133 | 6.30 | 5.29 | 2 | 50 | −10 | |
3* | Cuneus | Medial orbital frontal gyrus | 323 | 6.23 | 5.25 | 0 | 54 | -10 | |
5.37 | 4.68 | 0 | 46 | −8 | |||||
4.51 | 4.06 | −−12 | 52 | −6 | |||||
3* | Cuneus | Superior frontal gyrus/ | 158 | 5.36 | 4.68 | −16 | 62 | 16 | |
Superior medial frontal gyrus | 3.98 | 3.65 | −12 | 62 | 6 | ||||
4 | Left amygdala | Superior medial frontal gyrus | 125 | 4.23 | 3.85 | −2 | 34 | 40 | |
4.10 | 3.75 | 6 | 30 | 48 |
Peak activations with corresponding T-values and Z-values of brain regions, which showed enhanced functional connectivity to our selected seed regions per cluster for the contrasts (criticism > standard), (standard > criticism) and (criticism > standard x neuroticism). Results were corrected on FWE cluster level (k>20) with an initial threshold of p<0.001 uncorrected. An asterisk (*) was used to denote clusters that survived multiple comparisons correction for applying thirteen seed regions (FWE cluster level (k>20) p = 0.05/13 = p<0.003).