1. What versions of MATLAB will NeuroSpec work on?
2. What if I have an older version of MATLAB?
3. Is it available in any other form?
4. What does it cost?
5. What about other forms of multivariate analysis (e.g. Partial Coherence, Pooled Coherence)?
6. Will it be updated?
7. How do I install it?
8. How do I use it with my own data?
9. Can I use data in row format ?

1. What versions of MATLAB will NeuroSpec work on?
NeuroSpec requires version 5 or above of MATLAB. It has been tested on version 5.3, version 6.1 and version 7.01. No toolboxes are required to run NeuroSpec.

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2. What if I have an older version of MATLAB?
One of the main differences between v5 and earlier versions of MATLAB was the introduction of additional data types. NeuroSpec uses structures to pass arguments to and from its functions. These are not supported in earlier versions of MATLAB. If you wish to use NeuroSpec with an older version of MATLAB it should be possible to modify the routines to replace the cl and flags structures with a numeric array and obtain most of the functionality.

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3. Is it available in any other form?
Not at present. NeuroSpec has been developed from routines originally written in C. A set of C subroutines supporting the core Fourier analysis may be made available in future. If you are interested in this please let me know: contact@neurospec.org .

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4. What does it cost?
NeuroSpec is free. It is covered by the GNU General Public Licence, a copy of which is included in the distribution file.

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5. What about other forms of multivariate analysis (e.g. Partial Coherence, Pooled Coherence)?
It is planned to add additional functionality to NeuroSpec. Pooled coherence analysis was added in version 2.0. Partial coherence analysis is planned in future releases.

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6. Will it be updated?
Occasional updates are planned. If you would like to be informed of these please let me know: contact@neurospec.org . Version 1.0 was released 22 Nov 2002. Version 2.0 was released 29 Feb 2008.

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7. How do I install it?
Download the distribution file neurospec20.zip from the home page. Download the user guide neurospec20.pdf from the home page. Installation instructions are given in section 3 of the user guide.

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8. How do I use it with my own data?
Please refer to the demonstration scripts supplied in the distribution file and the user guide to see how NeuroSpec is used with time series data and point process data.

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9. Can I use data in row format ?
We adopt the MATLAB convention for matrix data of using a column format. If your data is in row format you will need to transpose it before passing it to the NeuroSpec routines.

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