Question: abnormality in which area of the brain has been associated with autism?
Answer: Damasio and Maurer (1978) proposed that autism occurs due to structural and functional abnormalities at mesolimbic (dopaminergic) brain areas (ventromedial prefrontal cortex, medial temporal lobes, limbic striatum and thalamus), as damage to these brain regions can cause features of autism (impaired social and ...