> Our approach is to specify 7 stime files for the 6 task levels and the control
> condition. Then, we perform 6 GLM contrasts on each level vs. the scramble
> image control condition. The beta-coefficients of these contrasts are tested
> for differences.
This seems reasonable to me.
> A collaborator thinks there may be an alternate mechanism for specifying our
> scramble control condition (i.e., one that obviates the need for the 6 GLM
> contrasts) and/or that specifying it with an stime file is inappropriate.
It is not clear to me what the concern is about the control condition. What is considered inappropriate, neurologically or from modeling perspective?
Gang