“…Although differences are attenuated as subjects get older (Martens et al, 2009), the amygdala is disproportionately large in both ASD and WS Schumann et al, 2004;Martens et al, 2009;Mosconi et al, 2009;Murphy et al, 2012;Jarvinen et al, 2013;Gibbard et al, 2018). The amygdala shows atypical functional connections to several brain regions, specifically with the ACC, the PFC, and the OFC (all of which are implicated in cognitive processing, attention, and inhibition) (Martens et al, 2008;Dedovic et al, 2009;Haas et al, 2014;Gibbard et al, 2018), and importantly, with various components of the social brain, particularly, the frontal lobes (Meyer-Lindenberg, 2005;Paul et al, 2010;Jawaid et al, 2012). A key component of the limbic system, the amygdala is a set of brain structures that support emotion and motivation, among other functions (see Rolls, 2015 for review), and is forefront in much of the research about the social (dys)function in both conditions (Stefanacci and Amaral, 2000;Meyer-Lindenberg et al, 2005;Haas et al, 2010;Paul et al, 2010;Jawaid et al, 2012;Zalla and Sperduti, 2013;Barak and Feng, 2016).…”