Table 2 Summary of findings for each contrast tested in the primary VS ROI and secondary (dACC, vmPFC) ROIs.

From: Relationship of ventral striatum activation during effort discounting to clinical amotivation severity in schizophrenia

 

VS

dACC

vmPFC

Model 1 Task

Average response

Activated

Activated

Deactivated

Group difference

SZ < CT

nsa

ns

Correlation with amotivation SZ

Negative

ns

ns

Correlation with amotivation transdiagnostic

Negative

ns

ns

Model 2 Effort

Average response

Deactivated

Deactivated

ns

Group difference

ns

ns

ns

Correlation with amotivation SZ

ns

ns

Positive

Correlation with amotivation transdiagnostic

ns

ns

ns

Model 2 Reward

Average response

Activated

ns

ns

Group difference

ns

ns

ns

Correlation with amotivation SZ

ns

ns

ns

Correlation with amotivation transdiagnostic

ns

ns

ns

Model 3 Differential SV

Average response

Activated

Activated

ns

Group difference

ns

ns

SZ > CT

Correlation with amotivation SZ

ns

ns

ns

Correlation with amotivation transdiagnostic

ns

ns

ns

Model 4 Chosen SV

Average response

Activated

ns

ns

Group difference

ns

ns

ns

Correlation with amotivation SZ

ns

ns

ns

Correlation with amotivation transdiagnostic

ns

ns

ns

  1. ans = not significant at p < 0.05 threshold.