Table 7.
Correlations of psychophysical reports with activation in common regions located in sensory and affective pain networks (total: N = 24, male: n = 12, female: n = 12)
Region | MNI coordinate | T statistic | Overall associations | Temperature | Affect (unpleasantness) | |||||
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x, y, z | Temp | Affect | Male | Female | p valuea | Male | Female | p valuea | ||
Mild pain < warmth | r s | r s | r s | r s | r s | r s | ||||
(p value) | (p value) | (p value) | (p value) | (p value) | (p value) | |||||
(L) dlPFC | −4 +32 +34 | 1.77 | −0.05 | 0.14 | 0.10 | −0.26 | 0.435 | 0.11 | −0.06 | 0.719 |
(0.833) | (0.515) | (0.771) | (0.448) | (0.754) | (0.868) | |||||
(L) dACC | −6 +44 +1 | 2.59 | −0.24 | 0.05 | −0.05 | −0.43 | 0.384 | 0.11 | −0.29 | 0.384 |
(0.279) | (0.817) | (0.890) | (0.182) | (0.759) | (0.386) | |||||
(L) SMA | −12 +14 +66 | 2.77 | −0.24 | −0.12 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.897 | 0.22 | −0.44 | 0.139 |
(0.271) | (0.603) | (0.837) | (0.723) | (0.523) | (0.172) | |||||
(L) rACC | −12 +33 +24 | 2.62 | −0.32 | 0.01 | −0.41 | −0.01 | 0.368 | 0.34 | −0.56 | 0.037 |
(0.140) | (0.996) | (0.249) | (0.985) | (0.307) | (0.080) | |||||
Moderate > warmth | ||||||||||
(R) pINS | +51 −35 +17 | 2.00 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.06 | −0.20 | 0.576 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.944 |
(0.936) | (0.230) | (0.865) | (0.549) | (0.621) | (0.556) | |||||
(R) SI | +60 −21 +28 | 2.28 | 0.01 | 0.37 | 0.01 | −0.37 | 0.395 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.726 |
(0.995) | (0.085) | (1.000) | (0.256) | (0.591) | (0.916) | |||||
(R) SII | +60 −34 +21 | 1.99 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 0.28 | −0.27 | 0.230 | 0.51 | 0.37 | 0.711 |
(0.765) | (0.043) | (0.423) | (0.419) | (0.140) | (0.262) |
Values in each cell are beta and (p value). Entries in italics indicate either statistically statistic or meaningful effect sizes and respective differences
MNI Montreal Neurological Institute, L left, R right, dlPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, dACC dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, SMA somatomotor area, rACC rostral anterior cingulate cortex, pINS posterior insula, SI primary somatosensory cortex, SII secondary somatosensory cortex
a z test of independent correlations