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Jun 13, 2014 03:06 AM | Alfonso Nieto-Castanon - Boston University
RE: combining sources
Hi Mary,
Yes, that is exactly correct, and the exact contrast values depend on what you exactly intent by 'aggregating'.
If by 'aggregating' you mean that you want to look at the connectivity with either left- or right- BA46, then you may select both ROIs in the 'sources' list, and enter the 'between-sources' contrast [1 0;0 1] (or eye(2)). The resulting analysis will be a F-test highlighting those regions that show significant association with either left-BA46 or with right-BA46.
If, on the other hand, by 'aggregating' you want to look at the average connectivity with left- and right- BA46, then you may select both ROIs in the 'sources' list, and enter the 'between-sources' contrast [.5 .5]. The resulting analysis will be a T-test highlighting those regions that show significant association with left/right BA46 (averaging the connectivity values across left-BA46 and right-BA46).
Independent of the above, you may select any arbitrary between-subjects and/or between-conditions contrasts for more complex comparisons. The interpretation of those will be the same as above (a contrast [1 0;0 1] across sources is equivalent to an OR conjunction of the original analyses across the two ROIs; while a contrast [.5 .5] across sources is equivalent to performing the original analyses on the average connectivity with the two ROIs)
Hope this clarifies
Best
Alfonso
Originally posted by Mary Newsome:
Yes, that is exactly correct, and the exact contrast values depend on what you exactly intent by 'aggregating'.
If by 'aggregating' you mean that you want to look at the connectivity with either left- or right- BA46, then you may select both ROIs in the 'sources' list, and enter the 'between-sources' contrast [1 0;0 1] (or eye(2)). The resulting analysis will be a F-test highlighting those regions that show significant association with either left-BA46 or with right-BA46.
If, on the other hand, by 'aggregating' you want to look at the average connectivity with left- and right- BA46, then you may select both ROIs in the 'sources' list, and enter the 'between-sources' contrast [.5 .5]. The resulting analysis will be a T-test highlighting those regions that show significant association with left/right BA46 (averaging the connectivity values across left-BA46 and right-BA46).
Independent of the above, you may select any arbitrary between-subjects and/or between-conditions contrasts for more complex comparisons. The interpretation of those will be the same as above (a contrast [1 0;0 1] across sources is equivalent to an OR conjunction of the original analyses across the two ROIs; while a contrast [.5 .5] across sources is equivalent to performing the original analyses on the average connectivity with the two ROIs)
Hope this clarifies
Best
Alfonso
Originally posted by Mary Newsome:
Hello Alfonso and everyone,
I was recently looking online at some PowerPoint slides that Dr. Whitfield-Gabrieli had written. In the slides. it was suggested that one could select two sources simultaneously from the Sources column to "aggregate or compare the connectivity results across several ROIs (e.g. to compare the connectivity between LLP & RLP select both sources and enter [1,-1] in the 'between-sources contrast' field)". (p. 47 of attached file)
If I wanted to aggregate right and left BA 46, for example, I would select both, but I'm not sure what the weights would be. Would they be be .5 and .5?
Thanks for any help, (and thanks for all of the great help you have already provided for this great program!)
Mary
I was recently looking online at some PowerPoint slides that Dr. Whitfield-Gabrieli had written. In the slides. it was suggested that one could select two sources simultaneously from the Sources column to "aggregate or compare the connectivity results across several ROIs (e.g. to compare the connectivity between LLP & RLP select both sources and enter [1,-1] in the 'between-sources contrast' field)". (p. 47 of attached file)
If I wanted to aggregate right and left BA 46, for example, I would select both, but I'm not sure what the weights would be. Would they be be .5 and .5?
Thanks for any help, (and thanks for all of the great help you have already provided for this great program!)
Mary
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