No brain region showed a "negative" change in connectivity with any source region as a function of gaze shifts versus opening/closing the eyes (P < 0.01, unc).
Of note, these were the only two regions in the whole brain showing a change in connectivity with the right amygdala as a function of viewing angry faces and ATD.
Fragmentation can cause a loss in connectivity with negative effects on food resources, female and/or male home ranges, flow of genetic material, subpopulations persistence and the probability of extinction risk (Saura and Pascual-Hortal 2007; Cavalcanti and Gese 2009; Reding et al. 2013).
It is striking that the FG showed a change in connectivity with the same areas of STG and MFG, indicating that perception of gaze shifts affects connectivity with both ventral (FG) and dorsal (pSTS) components of the core face network.
Moreover, we sought to identify target regions for which the change in connectivity with the source region varied as a function of behavioral performance (i.e., increased money or decreased money).
Specifically, we identified areas that showed a change in connectivity with components of the "core" face-specific system, the pSTS, FG, or IOG, when participants viewed faces displaying shifts in gaze direction relative to opening and closing the eyes without a change in gaze direction.
Connectivity was maximal in the early term equivalent period (37 38 weeks PMA), but there was then a clear trend toward an apparent decrease in connectivity with maturation during the remaining term equivalent period (up to 44 weeks PMA).
Increases in connectivity with L-dopa are also observed in some thalamic connections for the phonological task as well (mediodorsal thalamus-BA9, mediodorsal thalamus-BA21, with a decrease found between both thalamic regions and BA20 with L-dopa).
When using the weighted measures, A4 scores low in both directness and in connectivity with C2 scoring lower on connectivity.
