Table 2.

Areas of activation for the contrast of the Tower of London task with fixation for the two groups

	Cluster		MNI Coordinates
Location of peak activation	Size	t(34)	x	y	z
Participants with Autism
Bilateral lingual, inferior occipital, fusiform, calcarine, and cerebellum; left middle occipital and superior occipital; right inferior temporal	4285	9.34	−24	−96	10
R superior occipital, middle occipital, and inferior parietal	990	7.88	30	−74	24
R postcentral and inferior parietal	24	4.79	56	−24	52
R inferior parietal	85	3.81	42	−38	40
L inferior parietal	340	6.32	−38	−40	38
L inferior parietal	17	3.37	−58	−30	46
Bilateral superior medial frontal, middle cingulate, and supplementary motor	277	5.82	6	28	40
R middle frontal, inferior frontal, and precentral	753	4.82	56	22	38
R middle frontal and inferior frontal	104	4.17	48	44	26
R middle frontal and superior frontal	74	3.85	28	6	60
R insula and inferior orbital frontal	289	6.77	34	22	2
L middle frontal, inferior frontal, and precentral	135	4.02	−48	10	32
L middle frontal and superior frontal	28	3.87	−24	0	52
L inferior frontal	41	3.45	−58	14	10
L insula and inferior frontal	40	3.83	−34	24	2
R thalamus, hippocampus, and lingual	139	5.02	24	−24	−8
R thalamus	29	3.92	10	−14	10
L thalamus, hippocampus, and lingual	111	5.75	−20	−28	−2
L thalamus	7	3.31	−12	−20	10
Normal Control Participants
Bilateral lingual, inferior occipital, middle occipital, superior occipital, fusiform, calcarine, cerebellum, and inferior parietal	11206	12.65	−28	−74	30
Bilateral precuneus	10	3.61	2	−64	44
Bilateral cuneus	16	3.28	4	−86	32
Bilateral superior medial frontal, middle cingulate and supplementary motor area	561	6.31	0	14	52
R middle frontal, inferior frontal, and precentral	2146	6.98	26	2	52
R insula and inferior frontal	87	4.01	32	26	−2
L middle frontal, inferior frontal, and precentral	925	8.86	−42	42	32
L middle frontal, superior frontal, and precentral	206	5.52	−24	−2	54
L middle frontal and superior frontal	21	4.28	−32	64	8
L insula and inferior frontal	84	4.24	−32	28	0
Bilateral cerebellum and right lingual	13	3.21	6	−42	0
R thalamus	44	4.51	20	−28	10
L thalamus	47	4.37	−20	−30	8

Notes: The threshold for significant activation was p < .005 for a spatial extent of at least 6 voxels, uncorrected for multiple comparisons. Region labels apply to the entire extent of the cluster.

t-values and MNI coordinates are for the peak activated voxel in each cluster only.