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Table 2 Areas of peak activation for intention versus means and means versus intention contrasts

From: The role of mirroring and mentalizing networks in mediating action intentions in autism

   

Volume

Peak coordinates

Peak

Contrast and group

Region

Hemisphere

(number of voxels)

X

Y

Z

t

Intention versus means

       

TD

Precuneus

Left

1,063

-6

-63

33

7.4

 

Middle temporal gyrus

Right

616

39

-51

3

6.8

 

Middle temporal gyrus

Left

482

-60

-63

18

5.9

ASD

Middle occipital gyrus

Left

1,056

-36

-72

36

5.2

 

Posterior cingulate cortex

Left

649

-6

-51

30

5.1

 

Superior temporal gyrus

Right

605

54

-45

21

5.1

 

Middle frontal gyrus

Left

501

-30

3

51

5.2

 

Inferior frontal gyrus

Right

102

57

21

6

3.1

 

Middle frontal gyrus

Right

100

36

15

48

3.5

Means versus intention

       

TD

Middle occipital gyrus

Left

1,564

-33

-87

-3

-5.3

 

Supramarginal gyrus

Left

334

-51

-30

33

-4.0

 

Thalamus

Left

143

-24

-27

-3

-4.7

ASD

Cerebellar vermis

Left

334

3

-57

-9

-3.8

 

Inferior occipital gyrus

Left

253

-27

-78

-6

-4.6

 

Angular gyrus

Right

127

30

-60

48

-4.6

 

Rectal gyrus

Left

108

0

33

-24

-3.3

Group differences

       

TD > ASD

Calcarine gyrus

Right

355

6

-66

15

3.8

ASD > TD

Inferior frontal gyrus

Left

178

-48

33

15

-3.4

  1. Abbreviations: TD typically developing, ASD autism spectrum disorder.