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We are working on a manuscript revision for an fMRI project that was
analyzed with FS-FAST 5.3 years ago. We used mri_glmfit, and then we ran
mri_surfcluster (instead of mri_glmfit-sim) with a vertex-wise threshold of
p<0.001 and a cluster threshold of 100mm^2. We had applied 8 mm smoothing
at the group-level, and the voxel size was 3.125x3.125x5 (resampled to
fsaverage surface and to MNI305).

1. One reviewer asked us to provide a rough estimate of the family-wise
error rate (FWER) that a cluster threshold of 100mm^2 is equivalent to, or
alternatively, to re-analyze everything with mri_glmfit-sim permutation. It
would be simpler to provide the FWER estimate. To get the FWER estimate, we
referred to Woo et al (2014). However, their simulations were for volume
analyses, not surface analyses. What is the FWER (roughly) for a primary
threshold of p<0.001 and cluster threshold of 100mm^2? (Obviously, we are
hoping for a number less than 0.05.)

2. For the volume, we used mri_surfcluster with a primary (voxel-wise)
threshold of 0.001 and a size threshold of 300mm^3. If I’m understanding
correctly, Figure 2 from Woo et al. (2014) suggests a FWER p<0.05 might
roughly correspond to a cluster size threshold of 200 to 985 voxels (1600
to 7880 mm^3), depending on intrinsic smoothness. That would likely put our
threshold of 300mm^3 well above p<0.05. Is this correct?


Thanks,

-Kayle
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