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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2018 Apr 5;98(2):394–404.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.019

Table 1.

Summary of regression analyses between each of brain measures and alternative risk estimates

Expected
Utility
Model
The percentages (%) of
participants' choices
Mean-
Variance
Model



risk
tolerance
% of risky choices over all
probability
% of risky choices
on small
probabilities
% of risky choices on
intermediate
probabilities
% of risky choices
on large
probabilities
Markowitz's
risk-return
parameter
Weber's
risk-return
parameter
Association with the node strength of amygdala
  Left hemisphere r=0.265, p=0.007 r=0.256, p=0.009 r=0.154, p=0.118 r=0.256, p=0.009 r=0.135, p=0.173 r=−0.226, p=0.021 r=−0.270, p=0.006
  Right hemisphere r=0.261, p=0.007 r=0.262, p=0.007 r=0.176, p=0.073 r=0.266, p=0.006 r=0.119, p=0.230 r=−0.227, p=0.021 r=−0.270, p=0.006
Association with functional connectivity
  Left hemisphere r=0.434, p<0.001 r=0.406, p<0.001 r=0.249, p=0.011 r=0.423, p<0.001 r=0.171, p=0.083 r=−0.397, p<0.001 r=−0.392, p<0.001
  Right hemisphere r=0.424, p<0.001 r=0.414, p<0.001 r=0.316, p=0.001 r=0.400, p<0.001 r=0.213, p=0.030 r=−0.367, p<0.001 r=−0.336, p<0.001
Association with white matter tract strength
  Left hemisphere r=−0.140, p=0.155 r=−0.082, p=0.406 r=−0.170, p=0.084 r=−0.140, p=0.153 r=0.197, p=0.044 r=0.147, p=0.135 r=0.108, p=0.271
  Right hemisphere r=−0.278, p=0.004 r=−0.238, p=0.015 r=−0.209, p=0.033 r=−0.290, p=0.003 r=0.049, p=0.617 r=0.234, p=0.016 r=0.260, p=0.007
Association with GMV in amygdala
  Left hemisphere r=0.343, p=0.001 r=0.269, p=0.006 r=0.298, p=0.002 r=0.268, p=0.006 r=0.054, p=0.586 r=−0.323, p=0.001 r=−0.309, p=0.001
  Right hemisphere r=0.270, p=0.006 r=0.182, p=0.065 r=0.237, p=0.015 r=0.187, p=0.058 r=0.001, p=0.994 r=−0.224, p=0.022 r=−0.225, p=0.022

Bold indicates a significant association (p<0.05).