Table 2 Intrinsic functional brain connectivity differences between liberals and conservatives.

From: Intrinsic functional connectivity of blue and red brains: neurobiological evidence of different stress resilience between political attitudes

Seed region

Brain region

MNI coordinates (mm)

Cluster size (k)

Statistics

Connectivity strength (Z)

T

Cluster-extent pa

Liberals

Conservatives

Liberals > Conservatives

ACC

L SFG/dlPFC

−20, 16, 60

131

6.22

 < 0.001

0.10

−0.12

L OFC

Precuneus

−12, −60, 46

58

4.86

0.027

−0.05

−0.24

R OFC

Precuneus

−8, −68, 54

274

6.37

 < 0.001

0.02

−0.17

R insula

L superior LOC

−26, −72, 32

88

5.04

0.003

−0.01

−0.21

 

L frontal pole/OFC

−22, 56, −8

53

4.15

0.026

−0.06

−0.27

Liberals < Conservatives

L insula

L occipital pole

−4, −94, 24

74

−4.81

0.009

−0.04

0.17

  1. aFDR corrected p value.
  2. ACC anterior cingulate cortex, OFC orbitofrontal cortex, SFG superior frontal gyrus, dlPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, LOC lateral occipital cortex, L left; R right.
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