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Table 3 Areas of peak activation for unusual versus ordinary and ordinary versus unusual 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

Unusual versus ordinary

       

TD

Inferior parietal lobule

Left

2,110

-45

-45

42

9.0

 

Superior occipital gyrus

Right

1,239

30

-75

18

7.0

 

Precentral gyrus

Left

1,015

-45

3

18

5.7

 

Angular gyrus

Right

385

27

-63

45

7.3

 

Caudate

Left

284

-9

9

6

4.5

ASD

Inferior temporal gyrus

Left

2,608

-45

-60

-6

6.7

 

Postcentral gyrus

Left

2,525

-51

-3

39

6.3

 

Middle occipital gyrus

Right

1,912

36

-75

12

5.9

 

Inferior frontal gyrus

Right

801

33

30

-6

5.3

Ordinary versus unusual

       

TD

Calcarine gyrus

Right

1,416

3

-60

12

-6.2

 

Postcentral gyrus

Left

391

-45

-21

48

-5.2

 

Middle temporal gyrus

Left

303

-45

-39

0

-5.1

 

Angular gyrus

Right

216

45

-69

36

-4.1

 

Superior frontal gyrus

Right

197

24

63

9

-4.0

 

Middle frontal gyrus

Right

168

27

24

36

-5.7

 

Superior temporal gyrus

Right

159

39

-27

0

-4.6

 

Middle frontal gyrus

Left

137

-30

30

33

-4.0

ASD

Calcarine gyrus

Right

1,855

12

-78

15

-5.3

 

Thalamus

Right

405

6

-27

12

-4.6

 

Postcentral gyrus

Right

175

39

-27

51

-5.2

Group differences

       

ASD > TD

Middle orbital gyrus

Right

273

48

54

-9

-4.0

 

Precentral gyrus

Right

258

51

9

42

-4.9

 

Postcentral gyrus

Left

246

-39

-30

60

-4.5

 

Inferior parietal lobule

Right

154

45

-48

54

-4.2

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