Fig. 4: Neural value signals.
a Whole-brain analysis. Statistical Parametric Maps show linear activation with likeability ratings, pooling all participants together (top panels) or in each group separately (bottom panels—blue: control participants, yellow: autistic participants, green: both groups). Note that likeability ratings were expressed during scanning for the valuation task (left panels) and after scanning for the orthogonal task (right panels). b ROI analysis focusing on the vmPFC (left map). Likeability regression estimates were extracted during the valuation task (left barplot) and during the orthogonal task (right barplot) for each participant and then compared between tasks and groups. Error bars represent inter-participant s.e.m.
