PMC

Pictured are the components of the social brain as originally described by Leslie Brothers (1990) as well as their interconnections. The figure is borrowed with permission from Trends in Cognitive Science.

Graphs representing average beta value (across all voxels of a region of activation) in the right FFG (top panel) and the bilateral amygdala (bottom panel) for Free Viewing, Central Fixation, Low, Medium, and High Eyes conditions.

Schematic illustration of the four conditions in the experiment. In the positive conditions, the actress expressed positive regard toward one of the cups, and in the negative conditions, she expressed negative regard toward one of the cups. In the congruent conditions, the actress's reach was expected, given her previous expression. In the incongruent conditions, her reach was unexpected, given her previous expression. The figure is borrowed with permission from Psychological Science.

Right panel, The new sample of typically developing participants (yellow color map) demonstrated a strong effect of congruency (Incongruent > Congruent) within the right posterior STS. This area of activation generally overlapped with the previously reported () reference region of the posterior STS (red color map). These activation maps are threshold at a value of q < .001 and k > 12. Left panel, participants with ASD (bottom graph) responded with significant activation to the two stimulus categories; however, the activation levels did not differ as a function of congruency as they did in typically developing participants (top graph). Error bars represent standard errors of the mean at each time point.