Table 2.

Masked affect fMRI results: contrast analyses.

REGION OF INTEREST Condition Contrast	Region	Cluster Size (voxels)	x	y	z	SPM {t}	p-value
FRONTAL
Happy-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	Left superior frontal gyrus, BA9	127	-28	34	34	3.37	0.002
BPD > Non-BPD	Left inferior frontal gyrus	132	-44	16	8	2.91	0.004
Anger-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	Right superior frontal gyrus, BA9	23	14	52	22	2.60	0.009
BPD > Non-BPD	Left superior frontal gyrus, BA6	261	-26	-2	70	3.81	0.001
Fear-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	Left superior frontal gyrus, BA10	107	-22	46	22	3.71	0.001
BPD > Non-BPD	Right middle frontal gyrus, BA8	211	34	28	46	3.04	0.003
CINGULATE CORTEX
Happy-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	Right midcingulate cortex	39	12	-30	34	3.34	0.002
BPD > Non-BPD	Left midcingulate cortex	99	0	-4	34	3.16	0.002
Anger-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	–	–	–	–	–	–	NS
BPD > Non-BPD	Left midcingulate cortex	29	-12	-4	44	3.43	0.001
Fear-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	Right anterior cingulate, BA24	120	4	34	-2	3.21	0.002
BPD > Non-BPD	Right midcingulate cortex	186	2	-12	44	3.32	0.002
AMYGDALA
Happy-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	–	–	–	–	–	–	NS
BPD > Non-BPD	Right amygdala	89	32	-6	-14	3.25	0.002
Anger-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	Left temporal pole	100	-30	4	-22	2.90	0.004
BPD > Non-BPD	–	–	–	–	–	–	NS
Fear-Neutral
Non-BPD > BPD	–	–	–	–	–		NS
BPD > Non-BPD	Right middle temporal gyrus, BA38	103	34	4	-30	3.56	0.001

Local maxima for group comparisons with frontal cortex, cingulate cortex, and amygdala ROI.

Bolded cluster values indicate the contrast survived Monte Carlo simulation (p < 0.05) = 98 voxels, corrected.