Table 3.

Statistical modeling results using a complexity contrast (figural < analytical < complex analytical), p < 0.001 unc, K = 50 contiguous voxels.

Brain region	BA	Left				Right
T scores	X	Y	Z	T scores	X	Y	Z
Autistic group
Frontal lobe
Inferior frontal gyrus	44					7.36	50	10	30*
45	7.89	−44	28	28*
48					7.77	40	32	24*
Precentral gyrus	44	7.83	−42	4	34*
Middle frontal gyrus	6	7.33	−26	0	56*	6.34	30	0	56*
Parietal lobe
Superior parietal lobule	7	10.25	−24	−64	50*
Temporal lobe
Fusiform gyrus	19					8.41	36	−76	−14*
Occipital lobe
Inferior occipital gyrus	18	13.82	−28	−90	−6*	14.43	28	−94	−4*
Middle occipital gyrus	18					8.62	34	−86	12*
	19	10.10	−26	−72	34*
Insula
Insula	47	5.86	−28	22	−4*
Sub-solar	47					5.00	30	24	0*
Subcortical
Red nucleus	0	4.89	−4	−24	−10*
Cerebellum
Cerebellum	0	6.27	−6	−74	−26*	6.53	10	−74	−26*
Lobule VIIa	0					4.22	34	−66	−50*
Cerebellar tonsil	0					4.16	2	−54	−38
Non-autistic group
Frontal lobe
Middle frontal gyrus	0					4.74	36	60	8
8					9.51	30	8	56*
44	11.08	−48	24	34*
45					7.13	50	28	34
Inferior frontal gyrus	44					8.33	46	8	28*
47					5.91	30	26	−2*
48	9.59	−48	26	24*
48	10.61	−44	16	30*
Parietal lobe
Superior parietal lobule	7					10.69	18	−66	58
Occipital lobe
Inferior occipital gyrus	18					18.14	28	−94	−4*
19	15.26	−32	−88	−10*
Insula
Sub-solar	47	7.08	−28	26	−2*
Subcortical
Pallidum	0					5.11	16	−2	0
Caudate nucleus	0	5.06	−10	8	12*
Globus pallidus	0	4.77	−16	−2	0
Red nucleus	0	4.05	−4	−22	−10	3.67	6	−22	−8
AUT > non-AUT
Occipital lobe
Superior occipital gyrus	19	3.96	−16	−82	26
Middle occipital gyrus	18	3.53	−22	−90	20
Non-AUT > AUT
Frontal lobe
Middle frontal gyrus	9	4.44	−42	20	34
Parietal lobe
Precuneus	0	4.10	−2	−58	38
7					4.07	2	−56	54

^*Clusters significant at p < 0.05, FWE corrected.