Table 3. Correlation between psychological measures and mean neural activity in AI/IFG and TPJ across participants.
| AI/IFG | TPJ | |
|---|---|---|
| Burnout (MBI) | ||
| Emotional exhaustion | −0.590** | −0.550** |
| Depersonalization | −0.298 | −0.310 |
| Empathy (IRI) | ||
| PT | −0.524** | −0.431* |
| EC | −0.432* | −0.301 |
| PD | −0.167 | −0.378 |
| Emotional dissonance | ||
| (EWRS) HNE | −0.528** | −0.504* |
| Alexithymia (TAS-20) | ||
| Dif | −0.399* | −0.581** |
| Ddf | −0.017 | −0.467* |
| Eot | 0.279 | −0.127 |
| Post-scan rating | ||
| Distress minus pain score | −0.419* | −0.464* |
Abbreviations: AI, anterior insula; Ddf, difficulty in describing feelings; Dif, difficulty in identifying feelings; EC, empathic concern; Eot, externally oriented thinking; EWRS, Emotion Work Requirements Scale to assess emotional dissonance; HNE, hide negative emotion; IFG, inferior frontal gyrus; IRI, Interpersonal Reactivity Index; MBI, Maslach Burnout Inventory; PD, personal distress; PT, perspective taking; TAS-20, Toronto Alexithymia Scale; TPJ, temporoparietal junction.
*P<0.05, **P<0.01.