“…Findings from these studies have led to a few emerging hypotheses regarding the cortical bases of language dysfunction in ASD. These hypotheses include an increased reliance on regions involved in visual/visuospatial coding during language processing [Kana, Keller, Cherkassky, Minshew, & Just, 2006;Samson, Mottron, Soulieres, & Zeffiro, 2012], altered functional lateralization of the language network [Kana & Wadsworth, 2012;Mason, Williams, Kana, Minshew, & Just, 2008], and decreased frontal along with increased posterior language activation [Harris et al, 2006;Just, Cherkassky, Keller, & Minshew, 2004]. Nevertheless, inconsistent findings and differences in language paradigms used across studies render it unclear as to whether a dominant, reliable neural characterization of language processing exists in ASD, and further whether or not these neural differences directly relate to poorer language outcomes.…”