[FieldTrip] Problem with ft_timelockstatistics, within subject comparison of two conditions

[barbara.schorr at uni-ulm.de]

Dear fieldtripers,

I would like to compare to conditions of an auditory oddball paradigm  
(target tones and standard tones).
For the identification of the electrodes which show the biggest P300,  
I would like to use cluster based permutation test, i.e. I want to use  
ft_timelockstatistics, to identify the clusters with a significant  
difference between the target and the standardtones.
Important: I don't want to do a group statistic, but I want to compare  
these two conditions within each subject, to identify interesting  
clusters for each subject separately.


I wrote the script following the tutorials on the fieldtrip homepage.

I already wrote a code but it does not work:
%%

for i = 3:10 % subject number
     mypfad = 'G:\BackUp07.07.14_DatenPrepr\Daten1\P300'
     cd(mypfad)
     cd Kontrollen;
     List = dir
     cd (List(i).name);
     for j = 1:4 %session number
         cd (mypfad);
         cd Kontrollen;
         List = dir
         cd (List(i).name);
         eval(['cd M' num2str(j)]);
         load cleandata_tlt; %preprocessed timelocked data  
standardclean_tlt  and targetclean_tlt

         cfg = []
         cfg.neighbourdist = .09;
         cfg.layout= ulmegilay;
         cfg.method = 'distance';

         Neighbours = ft_prepare_neighbours(cfg, standardclean_tlt)

         cfg = []
         cfg.method = 'montecarlo' ; %significance probability
         cfg.statistic = 'ft_statfun_depsamplesT'
         cfg.correctm = 'cluster'
         cfg.clusteralpha = 0.05 %alpha level of the sample specific  
test statistic that will
                                 % be used for thresholding
         cfg.clusterstatistic = 'maxsum'
         cfg.minnbchan = 4
         cfg.latency = [0.25 0.8]
         cfg.neighbours = Neighbours
         cfg.tail = 0
         cfg.clustertail = 0
         cfg.alpha = 0.025
         cfg.numrandomization = 1000

         design = [ones(size(targetclean_tlt.trial,1),1);  
2*ones(size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1),1)]';
         design([1:size(targetclean_tlt.trial)  
1:size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1)])


         cfg.design = design
         cfg.ivar = [ones(size(targetclean_tlt.trial,1),1);  
2*ones(size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1),1)]'
         cfg.uvar = [1:size(targetclean_tlt.trial)  
1:size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1)]

         tlt_statsnew = ft_timelockstatistics(cfg, targetclean_tlt,  
standardclean_tlt )

         cd 'G:\BackUp07.07.14_DatenPrepr\Daten1\P300';
         cd Kontrollen;
         List2 = dir
         cd (List2(i).name);
         eval(['cd M' num2str(j)]);
         save statnew tlt_statsnew

     end
end


This is what gets displayed while running the script:

selected 245 channels
selected 139 time bins
selected 1 frequency bins
using "ft_statistics_montecarlo" for the statistical testing
using "ft_statfun_depsamplesT" for the single-sample statistics
constructing randomized design
total number of measurements     = 189
total number of variables        = 1
number of independent variables  = 189
number of unit variables         = 189
number of within-cell variables  = 0
number of control variables      = 0
using a permutation resampling approach

Then, this error occurs:

Error using resampledesign (line 168)
A within-units shuffling requires a at least one unit variable and at least
one independent variable

Error in ft_statistics_montecarlo (line 241)
resample = resampledesign(cfg, design);

Error in statistics_wrapper (line 310)
     [stat, cfg] = statmethod(cfg, dat, design);

Error in ft_timelockstatistics (line 113)
[stat, cfg] = statistics_wrapper(cfg, varargin{:});

I have no clue where I made a mistake. I have unit variables and  
independent variables (189 if I understand it correctly).
Is there anything I am missing? Any additional information or is the  
design matrix wrong?


I really appreciate your help.

Best regards,
Barbara




Barbara Schorr, MSc
Clinical and Biological Psychology
University of Ulm
Albert-Einstein-Allee 47
89069 Ulm