[FieldTrip] Behavior-power correlations

[Xiaoming Du]

Hi Kaitlyn,
 
Which version of Fiedtrip you are using? 
 
I got similar error message when I used old version, but no error when I updated to latest version. 
 
Hope this will help.
 
Xiaoming
 

>>> Arjen Stolk <a.stolk8 at gmail.com> 5/2/2016 4:41 PM >>>
Hi Kaitlyn,




My question is this: what is the appropriate design array for computing a correlation with ft_statfun_correlationT? Is the behavioral variable supposed to be part of the design or must it be part of a dummy structure designed to be similar in size and structure to the frequency data?


It's really as described on the page you referred to (http://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/faq/how_can_i_test_for_correlations_between_neuronal_data_and_quantitative_stimulus_and_behavioural_variables)

n1 = 3;    % n1 is the number of subjects
design(1,1:n1)       = [0.6 0.9 0.1]; %here we insert our independent variable (behavioral data) in the cfg.design matrix, in this case reaction times of 3 subjects.

cfg.design           = design;
cfg.ivar             = 1; 
 
stat = ft_freqstatistics(cfg, data_brain{:});
where data_brain is a multiple subjects structure in case you're doing this at the second/group level (i.e. correlate a behavioral variable to a neural variable across subjects). Thus, a dummy variable is no longer needed.




Alternatively, is there a way to get, for every individual in the grand average, one value representing the average power for, e.g., 300-600ms in the 4-7Hz range?


You may want to use ft_freqdescriptives for that, per subject.

Best, Arjen







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