Table 3 Summary of fNIRS changes in autistic spectrum disorders
Authors | Participants age in years | Task | NIRS result | Brain region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Floyd-Fox et al. [123] | < 1 | Auditory and visual task with or without social factors | Activation: ASD < TD | pSTS |
Fox et al. [123] | < 1 | Face recognition task | Activation: ASD < TD | mPFC, Right TC |
Keehn et al. [124] | < 1 | resting state while listening sounds | Increased Intra- and inter-hemispheric connectivity in infants with HRA than infants with LRA at 3 months. No difference at 6 and 9 months | TC |
Edwards et al. [125] |  | Auditory task | Activation: low-risk female: first-half > second-half high-risk female: first-half = second-half | TC |
Zhu et al. [126] | 9.0 ± 1.3 | Resting state | Intra- and inter-hemispheric connectivity: ASD < TD | TC |
Yasumura et al. [127] | 10.5 ± 2.3 | Stroop task Reverse Stroop task | Activation: ASD = TD | Right PFC |
Xiao et al. [128] | 10.1 ± 2.1 | Go/No-Go task Stroop task | Activation: Go/No-go: ASD < TD Stroop: ASD = TD | Right PFC |
Minagawa-Kawai et al. [129] | 9.2 ± 1.8 | Auditory task | Activation: TD: phonemic, left AC; prosodic, right AC ASD: prosodic, right AC | AC |
Suda et al. [130] | 26.4 ± 3.0 | Conversation task | Activation: Negative correlation between activation and Autism Spectrum Quotient score | Left STS |