Table 2.
Amygdala effects and correlations with happiness
| Amygdala region | Contrast |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive > Neutral |
Negative > Neutral |
Negative > Positive |
PosNeg > Neutral |
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| Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | |
| Amygdala (ANOVA) | ||||||||
| Mean | 4.73 | 4.96 | 8.49 | 9.05 | 3.76 | 4.09 | 13.22 | 14.01 |
| Standard error | 1.30 | 1.36 | 1.20 | 1.11 | 1.54 | 1.12 | 1.98 | 2.21 |
| t-value | 3.63 | 3.66 | 7.08 | 8.19 | 2.45 | 3.66 | 6.69 | 6.35 |
| SHS (r) | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.06 | 0.21 | −0.33 | −0.39 | 0.33 | 0.40 |
| SHS (partial r) | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.05 | 0.17 | −0.34 | −0.42 | 0.33 | 0.38 |
| HPS (r) | 0.01 | −0.10 | −0.03 | −0.23 | −0.03 | −0.11 | −0.02 | −0.18 |
| Difference (z) | 2.12 | 2.19 | ||||||
| Amygdala (subjective happiness correlated with negative > positive amygdala) | ||||||||
| Mean | 4.13 | 4.58 | 8.29 | 8.24 | 4.16 | 3.66 | 12.41 | 12.82 |
| Standard error | 1.47 | 1.53 | 1.03 | 1.39 | 1.21 | 1.78 | 2.23 | 2.31 |
| t-value | 2.81 | 3.00 | 8.04 | 5.94 | 3.42 | 2.06 | 5.57 | 5.54 |
| SHS (r) | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.14 | −0.01 | −0.51 | −0.45 | 0.41 | 0.34 |
| SHS (partial r) | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.10 | −0.01 | −0.53 | −0.45 | 0.39 | 0.33 |
| HPS (r) | −0.14 | −0.08 | −0.24 | −0.02 | −0.04 | 0.06 | −0.20 | −0.06 |
| Difference (z) | 2.86 | 3.01 | ||||||
| Amygdala (anatomical) | ||||||||
| Mean | 4.10 | 4.40 | 7.21 | 7.82 | 3.11 | 3.42 | 11.31 | 12.22 |
| Standard error | 1.24 | 1.27 | 1.09 | 1.03 | 1.45 | 1.07 | 1.83 | 2.05 |
| t-value | 3.31 | 3.46 | 6.61 | 7.62 | 2.14 | 3.19 | 6.19 | 5.97 |
| SHS (r) | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.05 | 0.25 | −0.33 | −0.34 | 0.32 | 0.43 |
| SHS (partial r) | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.22 | −0.34 | −0.37 | 0.32 | 0.41 |
| HPS (r) | −0.02 | −0.10 | −0.06 | −0.23 | −0.03 | −0.10 | −0.04 | −0.18 |
| Difference (z) | 2.06 | 1.84 | ||||||
Significant effects are bolded.