Hi Michael,
It is generally recommended to keep all of the regressors in,
just to make the processing easier (otherwise dataset subscripts
will vary over your subjects). But it is up to you, of course.
See one of the early posts on the subject (or possibly 'Search'
for '-allzero_OK'):
[
afni.nimh.nih.gov]
Basically, you will need to add -allzero_OK, along with some
level of -GOFORIT (e.g. -GOFORIT 5) to accomodate resulting
warnings from the design matrix.
- rick