marginally significantp = 0.074
The mean activated intensities in the SMG showed a marginally significant main effect of group (ASD: L 13.71 ± 7.18, R 13.51 ± 5.60; TD: L 9.95 ± 2.31, R 11.60 ± 4.36; F (1, 41) = 3.36; p = 0.074; η p 2 = 0.08; Fig. 6 a), which showed that the response of the ASD group was enhanced to a significantly greater extent in the left hemisphere than that of the TD group ( p < 0.05; η p 2 = 0.10), without any inter-group differences in the right hemisphere ( p > 0.346).