methodNames          = fieldnames(params.methods);
numMethods           = length(methodNames);

    for i = 1 : numMethods
        cd(resultDir)
        numTargets                         = length(params.methods.(methodNames{i,1}).idTargets);
        idDrivers                          = params.methods.(methodNames{i,1}).idDrivers;
        nameFiles                          = [methodNames{i,1} '*.mat'];
        subjFiles                          = dir(nameFiles);
        numSubj                            = length(subjFiles);
        significanceOnDrivers              = zeros(numSubj,numTargets);
        matrixTransferEntropy              = zeros(numSubj,(numTargets)+1);
%         check if the pValues matrix is present
        checkPValuesField                  = load(subjFiles(1).name);
        fields                             = fieldnames(checkPValuesField);
        nameFields                         = checkPValuesField.(fields{1,1});