Table 5 Linear trend analyses across difficulty levels: ASD group
Linear trend analyses across difficulty levels for children with ASD | ||||||||
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| Â | Voxels | MNI Coordinates | Z value | P value | Hem. | Region | ||
| Â | Â | x | y | z | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Regions where activation increases with difficulty (increasing BOLD signal) | 1816 | 28 | −52 | −14 | 3.61 | 8.94 × 10−7 | R | Fusiform gyrus |
|  | X | 26 | −84 | 12 | 3.42 |  | R | Middle occipital gyrus |
|  | 1449 | −26 | −88 | 8 | 3.52 | 1.09 × 10−5 | L | Middle occipital gyrus |
|  | X | −20 | −68 | −14 | 3.17 |  | L | Fusiform gyrus |
Regions where activation decreases with difficulty (decreasing BOLD signal) | 2210 | 10 | −50 | 36 | −3.80 | 5.96 × 10−8 | R | Posterior cingulate cortex |
|  | X | −6 | −68 | 24 | −2.91 |  | L | Posterior cingulate cortex |
|  | 1308 | 12 | 54 | 0 | −4.06 | 3.02 × 10−5 | R | Medial frontal gyrus |
|  | X | −10 | 40 | 8 | −2.98 |  | R | Medial frontal gyrus/Anterior cingulate cortex |
|  | 642 | 18 | 36 | 44 | −3.64 | 7.00 × 10−3 | R | Superior frontal gyrus |
|  | 509 | 60 | −56 | −2 | −3.63 | 2.89 × 10−3 | R | Middle temporal gyrus |