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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2015 Mar 28;71:201–216. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.03.029

Table 3.

Cortical activation for ASD gaze processing studies.

Eve Gaze
Demographics ASD compared to TD
Study ASD ID Direct Gaze Averted Gaze
Davies et al., 2011 n=16
11.69+/-2.71
(2F)		 n=16
12.30+/-1.88
(8-17; 2F)		 Hypo: VLPFC Hyper: Somatosensory
Pitskel et al., 2011 n=15
23.4+/-6.9
(14.8-37.8; OF)		 n=14
24.2+/-7.4
(16.1-42.4; 2F)		 Hypo: insula/IFG Hyper: IOG/cerebellum
Georgescu et al., 2013 n=13
31.23+/-4.87
(24-39; 4F)		 n=13
30.23+/-3
(24-36; 4F)		 Hypo: MTG/STS/TPJ
Von dem Hagen et al., 2014 n=21
29+/-7
(OF)
3 Excl		 n=25
26+/-6
(OF)
2 Excl		 Hypo: MTG/STS/TPJ/Amyg

MTG: middle temporal gyrus, STS: superior temporal sulcus, Amyg: amygdala, IFG: inferior frontal gyrus, IOG: inferior occipital gyrus, TPJ: temporal-parietal junction, Hypo: hypoactivation, Hyper: hyperactivation.