Table 2.
Summary of Associations Between Amygdala Connectivity While Viewing Emotional Faces and Antisocial Behavior Compared With Callous-Unemotional Traits
| Emotion, Network, and Node | Antisocial behavior | Callous-unemotional traits |
|---|---|---|
| Fearful | ||
| Salience | ||
| ACC | Weaker positive connectivity | — |
| Insula | Weaker positive connectivity | Stronger positive connectivity |
| Default mode | ||
| vmPFC | Weaker positive connectivity | Stronger positive connectivity |
| PCC | Stronger positive connectivity | — |
| Precuneus | Stronger positive connectivitya | — |
| Sad | ||
| Salience | ||
| ACC | — | — |
| Insula | Weaker positive connectivitya | — |
| Default mode | ||
| vmPFC | Weaker positive connectivitya | Stronger positive connectivity |
| PCC | Stronger positive connectivity | — |
| Precuneus | Stronger positive connectivitya | — |
| Angry | ||
| Salience | ||
| ACC | Stronger positive connectivity | — |
| Insula | — | — |
| Default mode | ||
| vmPFC | Weaker positive connectivity | — |
| PCC | — | — |
| Precuneus | — | — |
| Happy | ||
| Salience | ||
| ACC | — | — |
| Insula | Weaker positive connectivitya | Stronger positive connectivity |
| Default mode | ||
| vmPFC | Weaker positive connectivitya | — |
| PCC | Weaker positive connectivity | — |
| Precuneus | Weaker positive connectivity | — |
Note: Results from models that included gender, puberty, family monthly income, and race (two dichotomous codes). All models also controlled for the overlap between antisocial behavior and callous-unemotional traits. ACC = anterior cingulate cortex; vmPFC = ventromedial prefrontal cortex; PCC = posterior cingulate cortex; — = association was not significant.
These are exploratory findings that were significant at a more stringent threshold controlling for eight models (fearful > neutral; fearful < neutral; angry > neutral; angry < neutral; sad > neutral; sad < neutral; happy > neutral; happy < neutral; p < .01, α < .00625).