normal fMRI results


Here are the results of all this.

Positive z-scores indicate greater BOLD signal during left attention, and negative z-scores indicate greater BOLD signal during right attention.

The time-series, averaged across all subjects, are expressed in terms of percent increment from resting baseline. The horizontal axis is time in seconds, and the zero point is the time at which a successfully detected target was delivered.

The controls showed a robust pattern of activation of ventral occipital cortex contralateral to the attended hemifield. This effect was significant in both hemispheres.

There was also a weaker activation in intraparietal sulcus contralateral to the suppressed hemifield. In the normal subjects, this intraparietal activation reached significance in the right hemisphere.


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`Functional Anatomy of Compensatory Processing in Autistic Attention: Complementary Roles of Selection and Suppression', Matthew Belmonte, 1 November 2002