Table 5. Regions for which activation in the four-choice task at reversal was greater in the control group than in the ASD group.
| Region | Hemisphere | Max. t-value |
Co-ordinates (MNI space) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | |||
| Ventral striatum | R | 2.98 | 10 | 8 | −2 |
| L | — | — | — | — | |
| Thalamus | R | 3.05 | 12 | −18 | 6 |
| L | 3.15 | −6 | −8 | 4 | |
| Anterior cingulate cortex, motor division | R | 3.40 | 2 | 16 | 40 |
| L | 4.05 | −10 | 12 | 40 | |
| Anterior cingulate cortex, cognitive division | R | 3.43 | 2 | 34 | 30 |
| L | 3.59 | −2 | 36 | 30 | |
| Anterior cingulate cortex, affective division | R | 3.56 | 2 | 36 | 20 |
| L | 3.86 | −2 | 40 | 20 | |
| Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex | R | — | — | — | — |
| L | 5.06 | −46 | 30 | 30 | |
| Premotor cortex | R | 3.31 | 40 | −8 | 34 |
| L | 4.29 | −28 | 10 | 42 | |
| Pre-supplementary motor area | R | 3.59 | 2 | 20 | 56 |
| L | 3.45 | −2 | 20 | 56 | |
| Posterior parietal cortex | R | 2.96 | 42 | −38 | 46 |
| L | 4.10 | −42 | −54 | 46 | |
| Lateral extrastriate cortex | R | 4.52 | 32 | 86 | 14 |
| L | — | — | — | — | |
| Precuneus | R | 4.40 | 4 | −74 | 46 |
| L | 3.46 | −4 | −74 | 46 | |
Abbreviations: ASD, autism spectrum disorder; L, left; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; R, right.