Figure 2. Frequency histogram of cross correlation (CC) values of the brain swallowing network (BSN) across study conditions (tube i, tube ii, buffer and acid).
CC values of the BSN were not normally distributed and the histogram was similarly skewed to the right across all study conditions. CC values were Fisher z-transformed to assure normalized distribution of the data for further analyses. The absolute CC values higher than 0.165 (|r| > 0.165, two-tailed p < 0.01) are considered statistically significant. The dotted vertical line demonstrates that the majority of CC values were located in interaction section of BOLD positive and negative regions (76%) and were not statistically significant.