Gender differences in brain response to infant emotional faces

Zhang, Kaihua; Du, Xiaoyu; Liu, Xianling; Su, Wei; Sun, Zhenhua; Wang, Mengxing; Du, Xiaoxia

doi:10.1186/s12868-022-00761-5

BMC Neuroscience

Table 2 Functional brain imaging results for the main effects of groups and the group by infant emotional faces condition interaction with the post-hoc tests

From: Gender differences in brain response to infant emotional faces

Clusters	brain regions	BA	voxels	X	Y	Z	T	P^FWE−corr
Main effect nulliparous women > men
1	Bilateral lingual gyri	18/19/17/37/30/36	3497	30	− 63	− 6	11.02	0.001
	Bilateral cuneus
	Bilateral fusiform gyri
	Bilateral parahippocampal gyri
	Bilateral middle occipital gyri
	Bilateral inferior occipital gyri
	Bilateral posterior cingulate gyri
	Bilateral middle temporal gyri
	Bilateral superior occipital gyri
	Bilateral cerebellum posterior lobe
	Bilateral precuneus
	Bilateral superior temporal gyri
2	Right middle frontal gyrus	9	199	39	21	27	6.08	0.001
2	Right inferior frontal gyrus	9	199	39	21	27	6.08	0.001
3	Left inferior frontal gyrus	9	89	− 39	6	33	5.64	0.025
3	Left middle frontal gyrus	9	89	− 39	6	33	5.64	0.025
4	Right thalamus	–	81	3	− 15	− 3	4.67	0.035
4	Right brainstem	–	81	3	− 15	− 3	4.67	0.035
5	Bilateral precuneus	7	79	3	− 72	51	− 3.16	0.038
5	Bilateral superior parietal lobule	7	79	3	− 72	51	− 3.16	0.038
6	Right cerebellum anterior lobe	–	97	24	− 75	− 24	− 3.16	0.018
Interaction group × condition (Happy vs. neutral faces)
1	Left fusiform gyrus	37/36/19	275	− 33	− 30	− 18	6.94	0.001
	Left parahippocampal gyrus
	Left cerebellum posterior lobe
2	Right parahippocampal gyrus	37/19/36	244	33	− 45	− 9	6.34	0.001
	Right fusiform gyrus
	Right cerebellum posterior lobe
3	Left inferior parietal lobule	40/2	132	− 39	− 33	42	5.39	0.001
3	Left postcentral gyrus	40/2	132	− 39	− 33	42	5.39	0.001
Interaction group × condition (Sad vs. neutral faces)
1	Left fusiform gyrus	37/36	224	− 30	− 0	− 21	6.63	0.001
	Left parahippocampal gyrus
	Left cerebellum anterior lobe
2	Right parahippocampal gyrus	19/37	207	33	− 45	− 9	5.90	0.001
2	Right fusiform gyrus	19/37	207	33	− 45	− 9	5.90	0.001
3	Left postcentral gyrus	40/2	99	− 39	− 30	42	5.01	0.017
3	Left inferior parietal lobule	40/2	99	− 39	− 30	42	5.01	0.017
4	Left superior parietal lobule	7	80	− 18	− 72	60	4.56	0.037
4	Left inferior parietal lobule	7	80	− 18	− 72	60	4.56	0.037
Interaction group × condition (Happy vs. sad faces)
	None

X, Y, Z = MNI coordinates. BA: Brodmann area. The results were reported at cluster level with p < 0.05 FWE correction at an initial uncorrected threshold of p < 0.001

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