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Hi Donald,

From which one sample t-tests of these I should create my ROIs: one sample
in the summation of all conditions ( slow + mid + fast ) versus force    OR
from the one-sample t-test of each level of speed (i.e. slow vs rest, mid
vs rest ...etc )

Thanks

Aser


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:18 PM, MCLAREN, Donald
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> As you want to do what the previous paper did, you need to create your
> ROIs from your one-sample t-test. Then, extract the data for each ROI and
> for each movement speed and use your favourite statistical program (e.g.
> STATA, SPSS, SAS, etc.) to do the two-way ANOVA of ROI and movement speed.
>
> SPM is not equipped to do a two-way ANOVA between regions.
>
> Best Regards, Donald McLaren
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> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Aser A <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have an experiments that contains three type of movement: slow
>> movement, mid movement, and fast movement.
>>
>> How can I see the effects of changing the speed movement on different
>> brain regions?
>>
>> For example, what I would like to do is to create 10 ROIs. Then I
>> would like to see the beta value of these ROIs at each level of
>> movement. Then I would like to plot this relation. I want to do this
>> at the group level.
>>
>> What I have done at the within subject level is the following:
>>
>> I defined three regressors : slow, mid, and fast.
>>
>> I then defined four contrast: slow vs rest, mid vs rest, fast vs rest,
>> and the summation of ( slow + mid + fast ) vs rest.
>>
>> I thought of the following:
>>
>> I do a between subject analysis : one sample t test of the summation
>> contrast, then I defined the ROIs. But here is the missing part for me
>> how to see the effect of movement speed on these ROIs.
>>
>> I found a paper that is somehow similar to what I would like to do.
>> However, they did not use SPM and they used a two way anova.
>>
>> Keisker, Birgit, et al. "Differential force scaling of fineā€graded
>> power grip force in the sensorimotor network." Human brain mapping
>> 30.8 (2009): 2453-2465.
>>
>> I really would like to to get similar approach to what they did and
>> similar observation or results.
>>
>> So any advice will be for sure appreciated,
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Aser S
>>
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