Table 1.

Areas of activation differences between autism and control groups for the high-imagery condition

Location of peak activation	High-imagery condition			MNI coordinates
	Brodmann’s area	Cluster size	t(23)	x	y	z
Areas in which control participants showed more activation than autism participants
L IFG–orbital	47	40	3.84	−34	20	−18
L IFG–triangular	47	33	3.24	−42	24	−2
L IFG–triangular 2	45,47	28	3.16	−52	16	2
R IFG–opercular	47	49	3.32	48	18	2
L MFG	9	34	4.57	−46	24	38
L MFG 2	8	30	4.14	−48	12	46
R MFG	11	45	3.5	24	46	−2
L supplementary motor area	6	34	4.05	−8	8	58
R supplementary motor area	6	21	4.29	14	18	66
L angular gyrus	40	89	4.13	−50	−54	28
L angular gyrus 2	39	55	4.01	−44	−74	36
L anterior cingulate gyrus	32	303	4.29	0	28	30
L thalamus		81	4.03	−10	−8	8
Areas in which autism participants showed more activation than control participants
L lingual gyrus	18	32	3.88	−18	−84	−16

The threshold for significant activation was P < 0.005 for a spatial extent of at least six voxels, uncorrected for multiple comparisons.

Region labels apply to the entire extent of the cluster. t-Value scores and MNI coordinates are for the peak activated voxel in each cluster only.