Parahippocampal deactivation and hyperactivation of central executive, saliency and social cognition networks in autism spectrum disorder
Abstract Background The concomitant role of the Central Executive, the Saliency and the Social Cognition networks in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in demanding ecological tasks remains unanswered.We addressed this question using a novel task-based fMRI virtual-reality task mimicking a challenging daily-life chore that may present some difficulties