diff --git a/+rsa/+fig/figureMDSArrangement.m b/+rsa/+fig/figureMDSArrangement.m
index a392bc3..d01b1f6 100644
--- a/+rsa/+fig/figureMDSArrangement.m
+++ b/+rsa/+fig/figureMDSArrangement.m
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ function figureMDSArrangement(RDM, userOptions, localOptions)
 %__________________________________________________________________________
 % Copyright (C) 2010 Medical Research Council
 
-import rsa.*
-import rsa.fig.*
-import rsa.fmri.*
-import rsa.rdm.*
-import rsa.sim.*
-import rsa.spm.*
-import rsa.stat.*
+import rsa.*
+import rsa.fig.*
+import rsa.fmri.*
+import rsa.rdm.*
+import rsa.sim.*
+import rsa.spm.*
+import rsa.stat.*
 import rsa.util.*
 
 %% define defaults
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ function figureMDSArrangement(RDM, userOptions, localOptions)
         % categories undefined: plot all text labels in black
 		veryLocalOptions.textLabels = localOptions.textLabels;
 		veryLocalOptions.dotColours = localOptions.dotColours;
-		if isfield(localOptions, 'dotSize')
-			veryLocalOptions.dotSize = localOptions.dotSize;
+		if isfield(userOptions, 'dotSize')
+			veryLocalOptions.dotSize = userOptions.dotSize;
 		end%if
         plotDotsWithTextLabels(pats_mds_2D,veryLocalOptions);
 		
diff --git a/+rsa/+fmri/fMRIDataPreparation.m b/+rsa/+fmri/fMRIDataPreparation.m
index b37e512..18eec44 100644
--- a/+rsa/+fmri/fMRIDataPreparation.m
+++ b/+rsa/+fmri/fMRIDataPreparation.m
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 if ~isfield(userOptions, 'rootPath'), error('fMRIDataPreparation:NoRootPath', 'rootPath must be set. See help'); end%if
 if ~isfield(userOptions, 'betaPath'), error('fMRIDataPreparation:NoBetaPath', 'betaPath must be set. See help'); end%if
 if ~isfield(userOptions, 'subjectNames'), error('fMRIDataPreparation:NoSubjectNames', 'subjectNames must be set. See help'); end%if
-if (~isfield(userOptions, 'conditionLabels') && ischar(betaCorrespondence) && strcpmi(betaCorrespondence, 'SPM')), error('fMRIDataPreparation:NoConditionLabels', 'conditionLables must be set if the data is being extracted from SPM.'); end%if
+if (~isfield(userOptions, 'conditionLabels') && ischar(betaCorrespondence) && strcmpi(betaCorrespondence, 'SPM')), error('fMRIDataPreparation:NoConditionLabels', 'conditionLables must be set if the data is being extracted from SPM.'); end%if
 
 % The filenames contain the analysisName as specified in the user options file
 ImageDataFilename = [userOptions.analysisName, '_ImageData.mat'];
diff --git a/+rsa/figureRDMs.m b/+rsa/figureRDMs.m
index c647aef..59b4853 100644
--- a/+rsa/figureRDMs.m
+++ b/+rsa/figureRDMs.m
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ function figureRDMs(RDMs, userOptions, localOptions)
 %                        ranks preserved. If false, true values are represented.
 %                        Defaults to true. This is for display only.
 %                userOptions.colourScheme
-%                        A colour scheme for the RDMs. Defualts to jet(64).
+%                        A colour scheme for the RDMs. For Matlab version
+%                        before R2015b,
+%                        defualts to jet(64); for versions afterward,
+%                        defaults to colormap(jet(256)).
 %                        
 %        localOptions --- Further options.
 %                localOptions.figureNumber
@@ -48,17 +51,24 @@ function figureRDMs(RDMs, userOptions, localOptions)
 %__________________________________________________________________________
 % Copyright (C) 2010 Medical Research Council
 
-import rsa.*
-import rsa.fig.*
-import rsa.fmri.*
-import rsa.rdm.*
-import rsa.sim.*
-import rsa.spm.*
-import rsa.stat.*
+import rsa.*
+import rsa.fig.*
+import rsa.fmri.*
+import rsa.rdm.*
+import rsa.sim.*
+import rsa.spm.*
+import rsa.stat.*
 import rsa.util.*
 
 returnHere = pwd;
-
+% Detect Matlab version (R2015b changes default color maps: should use
+% colormap() to specify the color of the color bar.
+matlabVersion = str2num(cell2mat(regexp(version('-release'),'\d+','match')));
+if matlabVersion>2015
+    color=colormap(jet(256));
+else
+    color=jet(64);
+end
 %% Set defaults and check options struct
 if nargin == 2, localOptions = struct(); end%if:nargin
 if ~isfield(userOptions, 'analysisName'), error('figureInterleavedRDMs:NoAnalysisName', 'analysisName must be set. See help'); end%if
@@ -68,7 +78,7 @@ function figureRDMs(RDMs, userOptions, localOptions)
 userOptions = setIfUnset(userOptions, 'saveFigureFig', false);
 userOptions = setIfUnset(userOptions, 'displayFigures', true);
 userOptions = setIfUnset(userOptions, 'rankTransform', true);
-userOptions = setIfUnset(userOptions, 'colourScheme', jet(64));
+userOptions = setIfUnset(userOptions, 'colourScheme', color);
 
 if ~isfield(userOptions,'dpi'), userOptions.dpi=300; end;
 if ~isfield(userOptions,'tightInset')