Comparison of the task effect values of HBT in the different ROIs
| ROIs | Mean ± standard deviation | VRMS vs VRAO | VRMS vs VRMI | VRAO vs VRMI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VRMS | VRAO | VRMI | t/z value | p value | t/z value | p value | t value | p value | |
| RDLPFC | −0.023 ± 0.058 | −0.004 ± 0.074 | −0.033 ± 0.080 | −1.453a | 0.146 | 0.746 | 0.459 | 2.129 | 0.038* |
| RFPA | −0.033 ± 0.084 | −0.006 ± 0.073 | −0.036 ± 0.079 | −1.989 | 0.052 | 0.220 | 0.827 | 2.297 | 0.026* |
| LDLPFC | −0.010 ± 0.061 | −0.034 ± 0.089 | −0.038 ± 0.128 | −0.864a | 0.388 | 1.440 | 0.156 | 0.242 | 0.810 |
| LFPA | −0.019 ± 0.064 | −0.018 ± 0.055 | −0.034 ± 0.082 | −0.061 | 0.952 | −0.738a | 0.460 | 1.136 | 0.261 |
| RS1 | 0.006 ± 0.045 | −0.001 ± 0.045 | −0.009 ± 0.065 | −0.265a | 0.791 | 1.428 | 0.160 | 0.774 | 0.442 |
| RM1 | 0.003 ± 0.054 | −0.001 ± 0.053 | −0.030 ± 0.055 | 0.288 | 0.774 | −2.196a | 0.028* | 3.078 | 0.003** |
| RPMSMA | 0 ± 0.046 | 0 ± 0.047 | −0.017 ± 0.063 | −0.013 | 0.989 | 1.526 | 0.133 | 1.819 | 0.075 |
| LM1 | 0.005 ± 0.054 | −0.001 ± 0.048 | −0.019 ± 0.065 | −0.179a | 0.858 | 2.065 | 0.044* | 1.826 | 0.074 |
| LS1 | 0.007 ± 0.042 | 0.001 ± 0.042 | −0.009 ± 0.054 | 0.752 | 0.455 | 1.835 | 0.073 | 1.229 | 0.225 |
| LPMSMA | −0.001 ± 0.044 | −0.001 ± 0.043 | −0.016 ± 0.054 | −0.027 | 0.979 | 1.414 | 0.164 | 1.771 | 0.083 |
“L” represents the left side; “R” represents the right side. VRMS, virtual reality music stimulation; VRAO, virtual reality action observation; VRMI, virtual reality motor imagination; HBT, total hemoglobin; ROIs, brain regions of interest.
↵* 0.01 < p < 0.05.
↵** 0.001 < p < 0.01.
↵a Two related samples nonparametric test. And parametric t tests were used for the remaining comparative analyses.