Re: [Freesurfer] comparing two conditions with disproportionate number of trials

2014-05-05 Thread Eryilmaz, Huseyin Hamdi
mgh.harvard.edu] on behalf of MCLAREN, Donald [mclaren.don...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 11:20 AM To: Freesurfer support list Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] comparing two conditions with disproportionate number of trials For the contrast A>B, the number of trials is not considered. When y

Re: [Freesurfer] comparing two conditions with disproportionate number of trials

2014-05-05 Thread MCLAREN, Donald
For the contrast A>B, the number of trials is not considered. When you contrast A and B, you are assessing the mean response to trials of condition A to the mean response to trials of condition B. You wouldn't want to weight this by the number of trials as then the contrast would not make sense. T

[Freesurfer] comparing two conditions with disproportionate number of trials

2014-05-05 Thread Eryilmaz, Huseyin Hamdi
Dear FS experts, I have a question about the way contrasts work in an event-related design. I am wondering if freesurfer is doing some sort of weighing when it compares two different conditions with incomparable number of trials. For example condition A is represented by 10 trials in the paradi