Table 1.
Statistical comparisons of seed-based functional connectivity during gratitude and resentment interventions.
| Functional connectivity | Target region | MNI coordinate, mm | Nvox | Zmax | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | x | y | z | |||
| Contrast of [during Gratitude > during Resentment] | ||||||
| Posterior cingulate cortex | Rt. Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex | 22 | 34 | 50 | 1799 | 6.59 |
| Lt. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex | −26 | 28 | 50 | 179 | 5.91 | |
| Lt. Angular gyrus | −38 | −62 | 36 | 284 | 6.3 | |
| Rt. Angular gyrus | 56 | −64 | 28 | 701 | 5.46 | |
| Rt. Precuneus | 12 | −52 | 28 | 2046 | 7.62 | |
| Lt. Middle temporal gyrus | −62 | −8 | −24 | 136 | 5.99 | |
| Ventromedial prefrontal cortex | Lt. Posterior cingulate cortex | −4 | −26 | 32 | 398 | 4.81 |
| Rt. Posterior cingulate cortex | 2 | −52 | 40 | 137 | 4.94 | |
| Rt. Temporoparietal junction | 54 | −60 | 22 | 99 | 4.77 | |
| Lt. Amygdala | not significant | |||||
| Rt. Amygdala | not significant | |||||
| Lt. Nucleus accumbens | not significant | |||||
| Rt. Nucleus accumbens | not significant | |||||
| Contrast of [during Gratitude < during Resentment] | ||||||
| Posterior cingulate cortex | Rt. Frontopolar prefrontal cortex | 34 | 50 | 32 | 194 | −6.15 |
| Rt. Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex | 60 | 20 | 4 | 121 | −5.4 | |
| Rt. Supramarginal gyrus | 64 | −30 | 36 | 120 | −5.6 | |
| Ventromedial prefrontal cortex | Rt. Premotor cortex | 28 | 4 | 66 | 134 | −5.62 |
| Lt. Cerebellum | −6 | −72 | −24 | 230 | −6 | |
| Lt. Amygdala | not significant | |||||
| Rt. Amygdala | not significant | |||||
| Lt. Nucleus accumbens | not significant | |||||
| Rt. Nucleus accumbens | not significant | |||||
Significant clusters were obtained at family-wise error rate corrected P < 0.05.
Abbreviation: Lt, left; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; Nvox, number of contiguous voxels; Rt, right; Zmax, maximum z-value within the cluster.