> Currently we are working with so-called "Optimized VBM" on SPM2 but > after reading some comments on the Wiki, I am now eyeing SPM5. The > reason I am writing this mail is that I am interested in streamlining > the current process with regard to performing statistics. (I have a > dream goal of having everything 100% automated. ) The current > methodology strikes me as being quite inefficient but it is how > things were being done at another lab so it has some inertia. There is rather a lot of inertia within this field. Some people still actually use SPM99!!! The new user-interface in SPM5 should make your life rather easier in terms of doing the preprocessing. It's just a matter of segmenting all the subjects, and smoothing. There is no (not yet anyway) such new UI for the stats models you will need though. Best regards, -John