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. 2015 Nov 23;112(49):15072–15077. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1511477112

Table S3.

Social cognition ROIs tracking target popularity during the face-viewing task: Results of linear mixed-effects models (one model for each ROI) regressing activation parameter estimates against target popularity and covariates (i.e., to rule out alternative explanations and potential confounds)

Variable dmPFC Precuneus lTPJ rTPJ
Est. SE df P Est. SE df P Est. SE df P Est. SE df P
Target variables
 Popularity 0.223 0.087 195.6 0.011 0.162 0.059 196.0 0.007 0.171 0.069 197.6 0.014 0.065 0.050 197.7 0.195
 Facial trustworthiness −0.020 0.007 191.2 0.007 −0.012 0.005 191.6 0.016 −0.009 0.006 193.2 0.133 −0.006 0.004 193.6 0.154
 Facial attractiveness 0.015 0.007 190.3 0.034 0.012 0.005 190.7 0.011 0.007 0.005 192.2 0.177 0.005 0.004 192.7 0.200
 Male −0.454 0.150 186.4 0.003 −0.325 0.102 186.8 0.002 −0.215 0.119 188.2 0.071 −0.221 0.086 189.0 0.011
 Age 0.016 0.034 186.9 0.640 −0.025 0.023 187.2 0.292 −0.042 0.027 188.4 0.123 −0.025 0.020 189.3 0.209
Relational variables
 Personal liking −0.005 0.005 203.0 0.364 −0.008 0.004 202.9 0.033 −0.004 0.004 201.9 0.386 −0.003 0.003 202.3 0.357
 Perceived closeness 0.007 0.004 198.1 0.103 0.004 0.003 196.7 0.229 0.000 0.003 190.7 0.884 0.001 0.002 193.0 0.626
 Perceived similarity 0.000 0.004 199.8 0.955 0.002 0.003 200.2 0.478 0.000 0.003 201.7 0.934 0.000 0.002 201.5 0.924
 Length of relationship −0.002 0.020 191.4 0.931 −0.002 0.014 189.1 0.901 0.020 0.016 179.7 0.214 0.002 0.011 183.5 0.859
 Hours per week spent together 0.019 0.039 203.0 0.627 0.031 0.027 202.9 0.249 −0.015 0.031 201.8 0.634 0.009 0.022 202.2 0.692
 Frequency of contact −0.015 0.020 196.5 0.457 0.003 0.013 197.1 0.802 0.000 0.015 199.1 0.989 0.002 0.011 199.0 0.857
(Intercept) 0.329 1.004 193.2 0.744 1.542 0.685 193.1 0.025 1.589 0.793 193.0 0.046 1.179 0.574 193.8 0.041

Boldface values connote P < 0.05, two-tailed. df reflects degrees of freedom calculated using the Kenward–Roger method (57).