Correlations between Brain Activity and A. General Trait Anxiety (STAI-T scores) and B. Specific Social Trait Anxiety (LSAS scores).

The r values correspond to the co-variation between the signal extracted from the whole ROIs (as identified by the triple conjunction), and anxiety scores. The statistical differences between the effects for emotional and neutral distracters, as tested using the r-to-t transformation for comparison of overlapping correlations [39], are noted in the last column.*Significance at p**Significance at p***Significance at p†pNote:1Effects present at lower extent threshold or absent for general or social anxiety. In the Fusiform Gyrus (FG), the correlation was strong for social anxiety, but absent for general anxiety. In the ventro-medial PFC (vmPFC), the effect was overall larger for general anxiety, but still present for social anxiety at a lower extent threshold (3 voxels). In the dorso-medial PFC (dmPFC) both effects were present, but at a lower extent threshold for general anxiety (9 voxels).