Thanks for the quick response Gang.
I am running a type3 (mixed) two factor anova (i.e. 3danova2) with condition contrast as factor A (the factor levels would be the glt contrasts described earlier) and subject as factor B.
I have run the analysis as you have described in paragraph two (condition with 3 levels = factor A) and subject as factor B... then used the 'diff' and 'contr' options at the group level.
I was just curious whether my earlier (i.e. single subject) approach violated any fundamental assumptions as it easily allows me to work back from group analyses to the contrasts at the individual subject level. Thanks again.
Gary