Autistic children show reduced activity in left superior temporal cortex in response to social-emotional meaning in language
Hanlin Wu, Matthew Ganquan Shi, Phoebe Wai-Yu Chan, Peilun Song, Siu-fung Lau, Gary Yu Hin Lam, Xin Kang, Patrick C. M. Wong, Xiujuan Geng
The paper finds that autistic children show reduced left superior temporal cortex activity when processing social-emotional language content compared to non-autistic children.
NeuroImage Clinical · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience