Title
Multi-subject analyses with dynamic causal modeling.
Abstract
Currently, most studies that employ dynamic causal modeling (DCM) use random-effects (RFX) analysis to make group inferences, applying a second-level frequentist test to subjects' parameter estimates. In some instances, however, fixed-effects (FFX) analysis can be more appropriate. Such analyses can be implemented by combining the subjects' posterior densities according to Bayes' theorem either on a multivariate (Bayesian parameter averaging or BPA) or univariate basis (posterior variance weighted averaging or PVWA), or by applying DCM to time-series averaged across subjects beforehand (temporal averaging or TA). While all these FFX approaches have the advantage of allowing for Bayesian inferences on parameters a systematic comparison of their statistical properties has been lacking so far.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.11.037
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
bayesian inference,fixed effects,random effects,time series,computer simulation,parameter estimation,causality,signal to noise ratio,magnetic resonance imaging,brain mapping
Population,Data set,Frequentist inference,Multivariate statistics,Statistics,Univariate,Mathematics,Bayesian probability,Causal model,Bayes' theorem
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49
4
1053-8119
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.62
18
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christian Herbert Kasess180.62
Klaas Enno Stephan271636.53
Andreas Weissenbacher315510.30
Lukas Pezawas4544.10
Ewald Moser534331.55
Christian Windischberger638137.71