Hi Jenna,
You might be referring to the max censored displacement output at the end of an afni_proc.py script. In that case, maximum displacement between volreg parameters (Euclidean distance of first differences) among all pairs of volumes (not just consecutive). It can easily get up between 5 and 10 mm (approximate mm).
Just for demonstration purposes, we were dropping subjects for whom that value was >= 8.
See
AFNI_demos/AFNI_pamenc/AFNI_02_pamenc/global_process_outline.txt, and search for that "max censored displacement" string.
- rick