Sorting Components


Sorting is a way to classify the components. For every independent component spatial maps and time courses are generated. Components can be sorted in two ways:

Select 'Yes' for sort components in the Component Explorer and click Display button then a dialog box will pop up that shows the information about the sorting. Click Ok for the dialog button and then a figure will open in a new window. Figure below shows the completed parameters.

Figure 1: Sorting GUI

The following are the definitions of the parameters:

Sorting Criteria
There are three different types of sorting criteria like Multiple Regression, Correlation, Kurtosis and Maximum Voxel.
What do you want to sort?
There are four options for temporal sorting depending upon the number of subjects and sessions you select.
Sorting Type
Temporal or Spatial.
Reference Function
You have a good measure to separate the task related components depending on the model time course or spatial template.