Table 4 Significant relationships between score increase rate of the short form of Raven’s Progressive Matrices (sRPM) and changes of functional connectivity in during-sRPM states and in post-sRPM resting-states in each of the self-respect and self-criticism groups.

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

Group

Seed

Target

MNI coordinate, mm

Nvox

Zmax

x

y

z

Changes in functional connectivity between during-sRPM1 and during-sRPM2

Self-respect

NA/VMPFC/PCC/DLPFC

     

IPS

R. orbitofrontal cortex

30

20

− 28

247

7.96

 

L. orbitofrontal cortex

− 32

24

− 24

76

5.72

 

R. temporal pole

48

04

− 30

116

7.59

 

R. inferior temporal gyrus

62

− 22

− 20

61

5.41

 

R. thalamus

20

− 18

20

64

− 7.34

Self-criticism

NA/VMPFC/PCC/DLPFC/IPS

     

Changes in functional connectivity between post-sRPM1 and post-sRPM2

Self-respect

NA

B. supplementary motor area

− 12

− 36

60

1236

− 8.07

 

L. precentral gyrus

− 20

− 22

62

93

− 5.26

Self-criticism

VMPFC/PCC/DLPFC/IPS

     

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, B. bilateral, NA nucleus accumbens, VMPFC ventromedial prefrontal cortex, PCC posterior cingulate cortex, DLPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, IPS intraparietal sulcus.