I don't necessarily think the exclude file is a better approach. What 
you are doing is probably fine.
doug

On 5/1/15 12:12 PM, sha...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>     The reason that we did not use that 'exclusion method' was that, we
> were not sure if the effect of shock is limited to that specific TR.
> Actually, like other stimuli/events, we expected shock effect to appear
> slightly (1-2 TRs) later.  In this case, don't you think using a
> regressor is a safer approach?
>      To clarify, I am very open to your suggestions if you have a better
> idea or if you still think that exclusion is a better approach.
>
>
>
>> That will do what you want if you expect the shock to have the same
>> response to each application. Alternatively, you can set up a time point
>> exclude file to exclude those time points. If you use this, then create
>> the file by putting the time in seconds of the time points you want to
>> exclude.
>> doug
>>
>> On 5/1/15 11:45 AM, SHAHIN NASR wrote:
>>> Hi Surfers
>>>      I want to remove the possible effects of a binary noise (electric
>>> shock) from the evoked fMRI.  To do so, I have generated a regressor
>>> file in which all TRs in which electric shock has been applied are
>>> marked as 1 and the rest of TRs are 0.  I just want to be sure that,
>>> this is all I need to do for the regressor!
>>>     A sample regressor file is attached.  It has 98 rows corresponding
>>> to 98 TRs that we have in the experiment!
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> --
>>> Shahin Nasr
>>>
>>> PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience
>>> Martinos Imaging Center, MGH
>>> Harvard Medical School
>>>
>>
>>
>

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