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Hi Vladimir, this makes sense, thanks so much for clearing it up.

Best,
Jane

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:54 AM, Vladimir Litvak <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> According to Gareth, EBB also has a tendency to at least bias the
> locations to be the same across conditions so it's not unreasonable.
>
> Vladimir
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Jane Kouptsova <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Vladimir, thank you for your quick response. I am using EBB - is this
>> assumption also true here, or would my results be unusual for this
>> algorithm?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jane
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Vladimir Litvak <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Jane,
>>>
>>> If you are using the MSP method (GS or ARD options) running it on the
>>> three conditions combined this makes a lot of sense as this method assumes
>>> that the same sources are active in all the conditions, just their level of
>>> activation differs. So the algorithm will try to find sources that can fit
>>> all the three conditions. If you select e.g. the 'IID' option, this should
>>> not be the case.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Vladimir
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Jane Kouptsova <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> I am running an MEG analysis using SPM12, where I look at differences
>>>> between three conditions, say 1, 2 and 3. When I run contrasts, I expect
>>>> 3vs1 and 3vs2 to give similar results, and this is what I'm getting,
>>>> however, more than being similar, many of the cluster peak coordinates are
>>>> identical. Is this a cause for concern?
>>>>
>>>> The Z, D-uncorr and other values from the contrast are slightly
>>>> different even when peaks are identical, and running a 1vs2 contrast also
>>>> gives some results. So I know I didn't accidentally assign the same set of
>>>> trials to both conditions. Is there anything else I should check to be sure
>>>> of the output?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Jane
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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