Hi Gustavo,
1) It might not map exactly. Would mri_surf2surf apply
a 10 mm blur, or would it blur until the estimated blur
is 10 mm? SurfSmooth does the latter.
The difference is not so huge though, probably on the
order of a voxel.
2) Yes, vol_mask really applies to mapping lower
resolution volumetric data to the surface (e.g. EPI).
3) Unfortunately, slow_surf_clustsim.py has not been
enhanced to do both hemispheres at once, which is the
more appropriate way to go.
Nick seems to have implemented this as part of his
PyMVPA package, so you could consider that option.
See this post:
afni.nimh.nih.gov
4) Using an amygdala surface complicates matters,
since it is not a cortical surface (it should not be
a part of the typical surfaces output by FreeSurfer).
In this case, I think you would still want to run
SSC.py "on the surface", but using the amygdala.
- rick