Table 3.

Mediation analysis: fear-affect, right RSC activity, and accuracy rate.

	Path a (X→M)	Path b (M→Y)	Path c (X→Y)	Path c’ (X→Y)	Mediation Path (c-c’)
Model 1: X (Fear)→Y (R_RSC) mediated by M (Accuracy)
β	0.000	2.469	−0.008	−0.007	−0.001
p	0.044	0.000	0.005	0.012	0.069
Model 2: X (Fear)→Y (Accuracy) mediated by M (R_RSC)
β	−0.008	0.009	0.000	0.000	0.000
p	0.005	0.000	0.044	0.110	0.023*
Model 3: X (R_RSC)→Y (Fear) mediated by M (Accuracy)
β	0.009	−10.304	−1.077	−0.980	− 0.096
p	0.000	0.108	0.007	0.015	0.131
Model 4: X (R_RSC)→Y(Accuracy) mediated by M (Fear)
β	−1.077	0.000	0.009	0.009	0.000
p	0.007	0.110	0.000	0.000	0.186

^*Significant mediation.