Hi all,

When running a functional analysis and comparing two experimental
conditions, we observed that there are some voxels/vertices where both
condition A and condition B have a positive % signal change from baseline,
and condition A has greater activity than condition B.

In other regions, both condition A and condition B have negative % signal
change from baseline, but condition B has a greater absolute value % signal
change (thus relative to baseline condition B has more "deactivation"--a
term I am using since you all know what I mean even if the term itself is
imperfect).

Since, in both cases, the % signal change is technically condition A >
condition B, the between-conditions maps do not distinguish these two
scenarios. FS-FAST sees these as being the same. Is there a way to tell
FS-FAST to cluster these scenarios separately? Is there a compelling reason
why I should not consider these different situations? It seems to me that
the interpretation of what's taking place in these two scenarios is not
identical. Agree or disagree? Can FS-FAST distinguish these with a flag I
don't know about?

Thank you,
~Sue

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Susan Mosher Ruiz, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Boston University School of Medicine
Laboratory of Neuropsychology
VA Boston Healthcare System
smos...@bu.edu
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