Table 1 Behavioral performances (proportion correct) of each category in 23 cases with deficits in non-object semantic judgment and validation results for 10 cases with FDR-corrected significant dissociations.

From: Social and emotion dimensional organizations in the abstract semantic space: the neuropsychological evidence

Types of dissociation

Case no

Age, education, sex

Test version

S−E− (%)

S+E− (%)

S+E+ (%)

Emo/S−E+ (%)

Social versus nonsocial: effect size (p)

Emotional versus non-emotional: effect size (p)

Controlling for grammatical diff.: effect size (p)

Permutation (p)

Odds ratio (p) in logistic regression

Raw

Controlling for nuisance factors

Social < nonsocial

014_POST

67, 5, F

Short

88

50

44

88

− 4.826 (.001)

− 1.699 (.249)

− 3.298 (.013)

.018

0.451 (.033)

0.347 (.066)

Social > nonsocial

030_PRE

50, 5, M

Full

57

88

76

62

4.667 (.002)

− 0.779 (.558)

3.197 (.016)

.046

1.966 (.015)

1.817 (.054)

Emotional < non-emotional

009_PRE

68, 5, F

Full

86

76

41

69

− 3.545 (.021)

− 5.903 (.0003)

5.957 (.00043)

.021

0.491 (.067)

0.725 (.565)

Emotional < non-emotional

018_PRE

60, 5, M

Full

79

88

71

62

1.555 (.237)

− 3.415 (.012)

2.677 (.038)

.103

0.782 (.548)

1.687 (.431)

Emotional < non-emotional

027_PRE

60, 11, F

Full

100

94

65

77

− 1.426 (.247)

− 5.971 (.00005)

5.424 (.00015)

.005

0.313 (.031)

0.652 (.602)

Emotional < non-emotional

009_POST

68, 5, F

Short

63

80

44

63

1.138 (.431)

− 5.085 (.002)

3.517 (.011)

.208

0.967 (.943)

1.237 (.765)

Emotional < non-emotional

018_POST

60, 5, M

Short

75

80

67

63

1.126 (.384)

− 3.517 (.013)

1.204 (.328)

.327

0.961 (.936)

1.007 (.992)

Emotional < non-emotional

030_POST

50, 5, M

Full

64

88

53

62

1.372 (.350)

− 4.017 (.008)

5.282 (.00042)

.074

0.690 (.327)

0.708 (.527)

Emotional > non-emotional

026_PRE

45, 8, F

Short

63

30

78

88

− 2.354 (.100)

6.413 (.0001)

− 5.285 (.00057)

.024

2.407 (.092)

1.198 (.812)

Emotional > non-emotional

016_POST

41, 16, M

Short

63

70

100

88

1.546 (.222)

4.497 (.0013)

− 2.780 (.028)

.050

4.147 (.080)

34.944 (.024)

 

001_PRE

74, 15, M

Full

93

88

94

77

1.951 (.157)

− 1.920 (.162)

    
 

022_PRE

55, 5, F

Full

71

71

82

92

− 1.120 (.380)

2.773 (.034)

    
 

033_PRE

61, 3, F

Full

50

53

59

54

1.781 (.342)

0.456 (.797)

    
 

034_PRE

53, 8, F

Full

64

71

71

62

2.571 (.101)

− 0.814 (.579)

    
 

037_PRE

46, 5, F

Full

79

76

82

92

− 1.608 (.198)

1.780 (.154)

    
 

026_POST

45, 8, F

Full

71

71

71

62

1.505 (.319)

− 1.256 (.388)

    
 

028_POST

38, 9, M

Full

93

82

100

85

− 0.477 (.680)

1.344 (.250)

    
 

037_POST

46, 5, F

Full

71

71

76

69

0.816 (.566)

0.324 (.815)

    
 

020_PRE

43, 6, M

Short

63

80

100

75

3.017 (.019)

2.644 (.038)

    
 

014_PRE

67, 5, F

Short

38

70

67

88

1.808 (.202)

2.685 (.070)

    
 

015_POST

49, 15, M

Short

88

100

100

75

2.671 (.033)

− 1.955 (.112)

    
 

027_POST

60, 11, F

Short

75

60

67

100

− 2.733 (.036)

1.788 (.178)

    
 

034_POST

53, 8, F

Short

75

80

78

100

− 0.823 (.481)

1.247 (.296)

    
  1. Numbers in bold and italic fonts indicate marginally significant results (p < .1). Numbers in bold, italic, and underlined fonts indicate dissociations significant at FDR q < .05 across the 23 cases.
  2. S−E− nonsocial non-emotional words, S+E− social non-emotional words, S+E+ social emotional words, Emo/S−E +, emotional state words with relatively low social ratings, PRE examined before surgery, POST examined shortly after surgery, Full the full-version test, Short the short-version test, F female, M male.