Table 1.

Characterization and selection of independent components (ICs)

IC	A		V		CON > A		CON > V		INC > A		INC > V		MAX2-INC
no	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P
2	2.36	0.010	17.27	0.000	11.13	0.000	−0.35	0.637	10.83	0.000	−0.64	0.737	−0.64	0.737
4	17.75	0.000	6.24	0.000	−1.26	0.895	7.59	0.000	−1.19	0.883	7.66	0.000	−1.19	0.883
7	3.81	0.000	7.03	0.000	1.62	0.053	−0.86	0.806	4.25	0.000	1.77	0.039	1.77	0.039

The three selected ICs as characterized by their time courses’ correspondence to a GLM with contrasts testing for auditory (A), visual (V), and AV activation (congruent, CON; incongruent, INC). MAX2, max-criterion (A < AV > V). Bold value is significant as per the MAX-criterion