Table 1.

Significant associations between social anxiety and brain activity in whole brain and ROI analyses

	Anticipation		Outcome
Whole brain	Gain	Loss	Gain	Loss
Total SA	+		+
FNE	+		+	+
SAD-New	+		+
SAD-Gen				-
SA with TA	+		+
Ventral striatum
Total SA		-
FNE		-
SAD-New		-
SAD-Gen	-
SA with TA		-
MPFC
Total SA
FNE
SAD-New
SAD-Gen
SA with TA

Ventral striatum analyses were conducted for the anticipation phase only; MPFC analyses were conducted for the outcome phase only.

FNE = Fear of Negative Evaluation subscale; SA = social anxiety; SAD-Gen = Social Avoidance and Distress in General Situations subscale; SAD-New = Social Avoidance and Distress in New Situations subscale; TA = trait anxiety; + = positive association with brain activity; − = negative association with brain activity.