[FieldTrip] Averaging trials (ft_timelockanalysis)

[Hamza Fawzi Altakroury (Student)]

Yes, it works.

Thanks a lot Roemer

Best,
Hamza

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Roemer van der Meij <
r.vandermeij at donders.ru.nl> wrote:

> Hi Fawzi,
>
> If you do:
> stat = ft_timelockstatistics(cfg,avgP300{:},avgnonP300{:})
> It should work.
> (this way the contents of each cell is used, instead the cell itself)
>
> Best,
> Roemer
> On May 5, 2012 11:51 AM, "Hamza Fawzi Altakroury (Student)" <
> hamzaf at sabanciuniv.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello again Stephen and for all,
>>
>> I could not find out how to enter the following sturct into the
>> ft_timelockstatistics function
>>
>> The input is generated using the following loop:
>>
>> for i = 1:10
>>     cfg = [];
>>     cfg.trials = [(i-1)*10+1 : i*10];
>>     avgnonP300{i} = ft_timelockanalysis(cfg,nonp300);
>> end
>>
>> and
>>
>> for i = 1:10
>>     cfg = [];
>>     cfg.trials = [(i-1)*10+1 : i*10];
>>     avgP300{i} = ft_timelockanalysis(cfg,p300);
>> end
>>
>>
>> Then I use
>>
>> cfg         = [];
>> cfg.layout  = 'CTF275.lay';
>> cfg.method  = 'crossvalidate';
>> cfg.design  = [ones(10,1); 2*ones(10,1)]';
>> stat = ft_timelockstatistics(cfg,avgP300,avgnonP300);
>>
>> I get the following error
>>
>> ??? Error using ==> ft_checkdata at 307
>> This function requires timelock data as input.
>>
>> Error in ==> ft_timelockstatistics at 75
>>   varargin{i} = ft_checkdata(varargin{i}, 'datatype', 'timelock',
>> 'feedback',
>>   'no');
>>
>> Error in ==> test05 at 11
>> stat = ft_timelockstatistics(cfg,avgP300,avgnonP300);
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts
>>
>> Hamza
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Hamza Fawzi Altakroury (Student) <
>> hamzaf at sabanciuniv.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks a lot Stephen for your help,
>>>
>>> Hamza
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Stephen Whitmarsh <
>>> stephen.whitmarsh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Hamza,
>>>>
>>>> Actually, the statistic functions DO accept cellstructures of
>>>> datastructures, and what I suggested is therefor very convenient,
>>>> especially in that regard.
>>>> Please take a look at http://fieldtrip.fcdonders.nl/walkthrough. I
>>>> would recommend walking through it from the beginning, but you could
>>>> take a particular look at the statistics section. In there I try to
>>>> explain the data structure handling in detail which deals with your
>>>> question.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Stephen
>>>>
>>>> On 3 May 2012 11:09, Hamza Fawzi Altakroury (Student)
>>>> <hamzaf at sabanciuniv.edu> wrote:
>>>> > Hello again,
>>>> >
>>>> > But I need to process my data later by ft_timelockstatistics.
>>>> > I don't think this funtion accepts cell containing many structs.
>>>> >
>>>> > I think its better to do average manually then call ft_lockanalysis,
>>>> then
>>>> > ft_timelockstatistics. Right?
>>>> >
>>>> > Hamza
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Stephen Whitmarsh
>>>> > <stephen.whitmarsh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Dear Hamza,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Fieldtrip functions in generally do not work on several different
>>>> >> 'sets' of data at the same time.
>>>> >> Call the function you are using (e.g. ft_timelockanalysis) separately
>>>> >> for every set of trials and if you want put the output in a
>>>> >> matrix{1:10} of datastructures (e.g. timelock).
>>>> >> You can easily put it in a loop. Something like this:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> for i = 1:10
>>>> >>     cfg = [];
>>>> >>     cfg.trials = [(i-1)*10+1 : i*10];
>>>> >>     yourtimelockdata{i} = ft_function(cfg,yourdata)
>>>> >> end
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hope this helps,
>>>> >> Stephen
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 3 May 2012 10:23, Hamza Fawzi Altakroury (Student)
>>>> >> <hamzaf at sabanciuniv.edu> wrote:
>>>> >> > Hello,
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I want to average each 10 trials of 100 trials.
>>>> >> > I don't know what to put in (cfg.trials)
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I tried cfg.trials = [1:10; 1:10]; and cfg.trials = [1:10; 11:20];
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > It does not work?
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Note: at the end I want to have a cell of 10 matices, not just one
>>>> >> > matrix.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Any thoughts?
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Best,
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > --
>>>> >> > Hamza Fawzi Altakroury
>>>> >> > Graduate student - MA
>>>> >> > Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
>>>> >> > Sabancı University
>>>> >> >
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>>> Hamza Fawzi Altakroury
>>> Graduate student - MA
>>> Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
>>> Sabancı University
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Hamza Fawzi Altakroury
>> Graduate student - MA
>> Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
>> Sabancı University
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Hamza Fawzi Altakroury
Graduate student - MA
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Sabancı University
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