Table 2.
Summary of fMRI studies of biological motion perception with point-light stimuli. IPL = inferior parietal lobule, vlPFC = ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, pSTS = posterior superior temporal sulcus, vmPFC = ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and FG = fusiform gyri.
Article | Motion | ASD participants | Results |
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Herrington et al. (2007) | Human gait | Mean CA: 28 | Hypoactivation in superior temporal gyrus, angular gyrus |
Freitag et al. (2008) | Human gait | Mean CA: 18 | Atypical response in superior temporal areas, insulae, IPL |
Kaiser et al. (2010b) | Human body actions | CA: 4–17 | Hypoactivation in vlPFC, amygdala, pSTS, vmPFC, FG |