Table 3.

Brain regions showing significantly greater activity in the stimulus-independent than stimulus-oriented condition of the alphabet task

Region	BA	Hemisphere	x	y	z	Zmax	N voxels
ASD
Lateral PFC	46	L	−50	44	6	3.63	21
	10	R	38	42	26	3.79	34
Medial PFC	8	L	−2	24	50	3.88	140
Lateral PFC	47	L	−36	22	0	3.61	102
	47	R	30	20	−8	3.27	7
	44	L	−44	12	26	4.71	443
Premotor cortex	6	L	−36	8	54	3.55	14
Lateral PFC	9/44	L	−34	6	34	4.47	161
Superior parietal cortex	7	L	−26	−50	34	3.86	22
	7	L	−36	−60	54	4.20	216
	7	R	10	−64	52	3.86	79
Control
Lateral PFC	10	R	24	56	4	3.77	95
	10/46	R	34	48	22	3.32	8
	10	L	−36	44	0	3.93	101
	9	L	−26	38	40	3.98	12
	10/46	R	44	38	26	3.54	66
Medial PFC	9/32	L	−4	38	38	3.33	13
Lateral PFC	47	R	34	24	−4	3.67	157
Medial PFC	32	B	2	22	36	4.39	621
Lateral PFC	8	R	28	20	50	3.73	111
	44/45	L	−52	18	16	3.17	6
Premotor cortex	6	R	40	6	46	3.65	55
	6	L	−40	4	42	4.57	908
Thalamus	–	B	0	−8	4	3.52	12
Lateral parietal cortex	40	L	−50	−36	50	3.83	38
	40	R	52	−36	46	3.77	39
	40	R	38	−56	46	3.48	54
Cerebellum	–	R	10	−56	−2	3.40	17
Superior parietal cortex	7	L	−10	−68	54	3.39	9
	7	L	−28	−70	54	3.63	133
Medial occipital cortex	18	R	8	−84	−4	3.60	27

Note. Co-ordinates refer to the Montreal Neurological Institute reference brain. Brodmann areas (BA) are approximate. L = left, R = right, B = bilateral. PFC = prefrontal cortex.