thresholding

[elisa cargnelutti]

Dear SwE experts,

I apologize for this question.

I ran WB, voxel-wise interference, to explore differences in functional activations between pre- and postoperative assessments in a group of 23 patients. I got interesting and reasonable clusters of about 15-20 voxels only with a p > .001 uncorrected threshold (but none surviving a corrected threshold). Could the methodology and/or small sample size justify this? In other words, can, somehow, these results be sufficient for an exploratory study publication?

Thank you in advance,

 Elisa