Hi FreeSurfers,
I'm doing an analysis with two groups: patients and controls. When I look
at "Does the average thickness differ between 1 (patients) and 2
(controls)?", I can see blue (negative) and red (positive) correlations. I
know that it means that in some cases, the patients have a higher cortical
thickness compared to the controls, and in others it's the other way
around. But which is which?
Since most of the clusters are blue, I assume that blue means: patients
have a lower cortical thickness compared to controls, and red means:
patients have a higher cortical thickness compared to controls. Is this
correct?
How does FreeSurfer decide which group to use as the 'reference group'
(i.e. the group to which the other group is compared)?
Thanks,
Anita