Andrew D Ribner, Sammy F Ahmed, Dana Miller-Cotto, Alexa Ellis
The role of executive function in shaping the longitudinal stability of math achievement during early elementary grades
Early childhood research quarterly
brain activation group highfunctioning autistic participants measured using functional mri sentence comprehension results compared verbal iqmatched control groupthe groups differed distribution activation two key language areasthe autism group produced reliably activation control group wernickes left laterosuperior temporal area reliably less activation control group brocas left inferior frontal gyrus areafurthermore functional connectivity ie degree synchronization correlation time series activation various participating cortical areas consistently lower autistic control participantsthese findings suggest neural basis disordered language autism entails lower degree information integration synchronization across largescale cortical network language processingthe article presents theoretical account findings related neurobiological foundations underconnectivity autism