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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 4.

Cortical activation for ASD gaze-cueing studies.

Gaze-Cueing
ASD > TD
Demographics Arrows/Objects Faces
Study ASD TD Facilitation Interference Facilitation Interference
Vaidya et al., 2011 n=15
10.78+/-1.29
(7.83-12.61; 4F)
n=18
10.96+/-1.26
(4F)
Hyper: STS/OG/IFG MFG/ACC Hypo: ACC Hypo: STS/OG/FG IFG/ACC Hyper:ACC/MFG

Pelphrey et al., 2005 n=10
23.2+/-9.9
(17.9-50.7; 1F)
n=9
23.4+/-5.8
(15.5-32.4; 1F)
N/A N/A Blank Space: Hypo: STS

Dichter & Beiger, 2007 n=14
22.9+/-5.2 (1F)
n=15
24.6+/-6.5 (1F)
No Diff: MFG IFG/ACC Hypo:MFG IFG/ACC

Greene et al., 2011 n=22
13.19+/-2.44
(10-17; 2F)
n=21
12.95+/-2.46
(9-17; 2F)
Facilitation & Interference: Hyper: IFG/STG/MTG Faciliation & Interference: Hypo: IFG/STG/MTG No Diff: STS

FG: fusiform gyrus, Amyg: amygdala, STS: superior temporal sulcus, OG: occipital gyrus, IFG: inferior frontal gyrus, ACC: anterior cingulate cortex, VMPFC: ventral medial pre-frontal cortex, MFG: middle frontal gyrus, Hypo: hypoactivation, Hyper: hyperactivation.