Table 2 Results of the seed-based functional connectivity analysis for brain states while performing the short form of Raven’s Progressive Matrices (sRPM) in the two different self-talk groups: self-respect and self-criticism.

From: The effects of positive or negative self-talk on the alteration of brain functional connectivity by performing cognitive tasks

Source

Target

MNI coordinate

Nvox

Zmax

Post-hoc analysis

x

y

z

Main effect of self-talk (self-respect versus self-criticism)

NA/VMPFC/PCC

      

DLPFC

R. precentral gyrus

36

− 26

54

298

5.14

SR > SC

IPS

      

Main effect of repetition (during-sRPM1 versus during-sRPM2)

NA

R. lateral occipital cortex

42

− 78

− 22

209

5.68

sRPM1 < sRPM2

VMPFC

L. parietal operculum cortex

− 54

− 26

20

278

6.46

sRPM1 < sRPM2

 

R. parietal operculum cortex

54

− 28

26

119

4.24

sRPM1 < sRPM2

PCC

L. precentral gyrus

− 56

04

16

452

7.36

sRPM1 < sRPM2

DLPFC

R. middle temporal gyrus

60

− 32

− 14

230

− 7.05

sRPM1 > sRPM2

IPS

      

Interaction effect: self-talk × repetition

NA/VMPFC/PCC/DLPFC/IPS

      
  1. MNI Montreal neurological institute, Nvox numbers of voxels, Zmax maximum z-value within the cluster, L. left, R. right, NA nucleus accumbens, VMPFC ventromedial prefrontal cortex, PCC posterior cingulate cortex, DLPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, IPS Intraparietal sulcus.