Figure 1. Experimental flowchart of the English rhyming judgment task. Ⅰ denotes the entire procedure. Ⅱ represents an individual trial. RT = Reaction time

Figure 2. Activation map induced by the English rhyming task. Ⅰ, activation in the cerebrum, Ⅱ, activation in the cerebellum

Figure 3. Correlation between activation in the cerebellum and reading anxiety level. Upper left shows the right cerebellar area VI; Upper right demonstrates the scatter map representing correlation between this area and the English Anxiety Source Questionnaire. Lower left shows the bilateral cerebellar Crus I area; Lower right is the scatter map showing the correlation between this area and the self-assessment scores of English reading anxiety.

Figure 4. Correlation between functional connectivity and reading anxiety. The figure illustrates the topographical relationship between the right supplementary motor area and the left superior parietal lobule. The blue dot denotes the right supplementary motor area, whereas the red dot represents the left superior parietal lobule. The blue-shaded area highlights cerebral regions significantly activated during the reading task. The right map features a scatter map showing correlation between functional connectivity and the self-assessment scores of English reading anxiety.