TECHNICAL PROTOCOL FOR THE MEG INVESTIGATION

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• Publication Date: August 5, 1991
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Technical Protocol
for
the MEG Investigation
Prepared by:
Edwin C. May, Ph.D.
Wanda L. W Luke
5 August 1.991
Science Applications International Corporation
An Employee-Owned Company
The Scientific Oversight Committee
Submitted by:
Science Applications International Corporation
Cognitive Sciences Laboratory
1010 El Camino Real, Suite 330
Menlo Park, California 94025
1010 El Camino Real, Suite 330, P.O. Box 1412, Menlo Park, CA 94025 ? [phone]
`~~j8#Ft(y0j 6U / UUb jr8ddo, Palo Alto, Seattle, Tucson
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Cognitive Sciences Laboratory
Memorandum
Date: January 6, 1992 Reference: ED92-006
To : Pete McDuff Location: Los Alamos Inn
From : Earling Degraff Location: Menlo Park
Subject: LANL Experime
Ed asked me to call you, and since you are already on your way to LANL I thought I'd send you this
lovely memo! Please ask the subjects to talk to -if they have any questions regarding the test results.
-does not want us to share any of the results with his people.
Enclosed are the Block Data Sheets for the trials at LANL. Also, enclosed is the Experiment Schedule.
Please feel free to contact me at [phone] with any questions. Thank you!
cc: Ed May
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BLOCK DATA SHEET
Receiver: Base ID:
Block Type Date Time Stim 0 Run Seed Comments
e c -I-f- - - rs Ps
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
e I c -I-I- - - rs I ps
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
Sender:
Experimenter 1:
Experimenter 2:
Others:
Base ID = iiddmm
Full ID = iiddmmtbb.rr
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RESULTS OF MEG 1991-2
Receiver ii (308): Type t
Bl
k
Stimulus 0
Stimulus 1
oc
A
P-value (1t)
Z (2t)
n
ES
P-value (1t)
Z (2t)
n
ES
1
6
0.018?0.006
1.800
120
0.698?0.021
-0.263
117
-0.024
2
4
0.012?0.005
1.978
98
00
0.306?0.021
0.507
131
0.044
3
1
0.548?0.022
-1.305
122
0118
0.796?0.018
0.232
108
0.022
4
2
0.020?0.006
1.751
103
0.173
0.018?0.006
1.800
124
?`. 16
5
3
0.096?0.013
0.870
117
0.080
0.830?0.017
0.412
113
Receiver ii (308): Type s (Paired Sensors)
k
Bl
Stimulus 0
Stimulus 1
oc
;
P-value (1t)
Z (2t)
n
ES
P-value (1t)
Z (2t)
n
ES
1
6
0.216?0.018
0.171
109
0.69$?Q.021
-0.263
125
-0.024
2
4
0.564?0.022
-1.136
110
1
0.629?0.021
-0.295
123
-0.027
2
4
0.772?0.019
0.110
121
0.010
0.690?0.021
-0.305
114
.q#'
...................
0.202?0.018
0.243
105
0.024
2
3
0.998?0.002
2.653
122
0.240
0.274?0.020
-0.120
112
- (#
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3
7
0.930?0.011
1.080
122
> ' 09
0.244?0.019
0.030
130
0.003
4
1
0.638?0.022
1
-0.594
1
118
0.814?0.017
0.326
113
0.031
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0.0860.059
0.059+0.028
Pseudo Stimuli
t(RS-PS)
* Times 10-2
* Times 10-2
'641
zgo3
Experimental Condition
Control Condition
0.020+0.055
0.015+0.009
t(RS-PS)
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* Times 10-2
Experiment vs Control
t (E-C)
t(E-C)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................. ii
LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................iii
I OBJECTIVE ................................................................ 1
II BACKGROUND ............................................................ 2
III APPROACH ................................................................ 4
1. Experiment Replication ................................................... 4
2. MEG System and Environment Calibration ................................. 10
IV DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................ 12
1. Null Result ............................................................ 12
2. Significant Deviations ................................................... 13
V REVIEW OF STATISTICAL POWER ......................................... 15
VI RECEIVER INFORMATION ................................................ 17
VII GLOSSARY ............................................................... 19
REFERENCES ..................................................................... 20
APPENDIX ........................................................................ 21
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