Table 5.

Brain regions showing significant differences in activity related to the SO > SI contrast between the ASD and control groups

Region	BA	Hemisphere	x	y	z	Zmax	N voxels
ASD > Control
Medial PFC	9	R	10	54	36	3.94	159
	10	B	0	48	2	3.62	130
	10	L	−16	44	24	3.33	8
	9	L	−12	36	38	4.44	144
	32	R	10	30	26	3.85	27
Temporal pole	38	R	36	22	−32	3.18	8
Medial temporal cortex	28	R	26	8	−22	3.80	79
Temporal pole	21/38	L	−58	4	−24	3.64	49
Amygdala	–	R	26	−6	−16	3.34	25
Premotor cortex	6	L	−22	−8	48	3.61	14
Posterior cingulate	31	R	8	−28	46	3.29	7
Precentral gyrus	4	R	14	−34	66	3.22	7
Lateral temporal cortex	22	R	40	−40	6	3.29	8
Lateral parietal cortex	40	R	28	−42	60	3.33	17
Posterior cingulate	30	R	2	−46	16	3.37	19
Cerebellum	–	R	18	−48	−20	3.45	31
Occipito-temporal cortex	37	L	−38	−56	4	3.36	11
Control > ASD
Medial parietal cortex	7	R	12	−62	46	3.36	13
Medial occipital cortex	18	R	16	−96	16	3.58	22

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.