FIGURE 3.

Correlation between the psychometric scores and observed activity and connectivity patterns. In the first experiment, during positive‐social emotion upregulation condition, we observed (a) that the tendency to suppress emotions (ERQ‐S) was negatively correlated with activity levels in the dmPFC (Koush et al., 2019) and (b) that the tendency to suppress intrusive thoughts (WBSI) was positively correlated with the connectivity strengths from the left amygdala onto the sgACC. In the second experiment, during positive‐social emotion upregulation condition, we observed (c) that the tendency to suppress intrusive thoughts correlated negatively with the activity levels in the dmPFC, the sgACC and bilateral amygdala, and (d) that fun seeking scores (BAS‐F) correlated positively with the external connectivity strengths on the dmPFC. In the second experiment, during positive‐social emotion rapid passive viewing condition, we observed (e) that the fun seeking scores correlated positively with the activity levels in the sgACC, and (f) the negative correlation between the anxiety scores and the connectivity strengths from the left amygdala onto the sgACC. In the first experiment, we did not observe significant correlations between psychometric scores and activity levels and connectivity strengths during positive‐social passive viewing conditions. *Survived FDR correction for multiple comparisons