============================================================================== VARIATION: naive_a2_d0_13 ============================================================================== model: behavior ~ stim + day + stim:day + (1|rat) (behavior = success COUNT) day = training day within window (0 = first analyzed day) treatment (stim=1): Electrode-Box-B2 control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2, Naive N = 10 rats, 124 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..13, control 0..13 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 124 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 10 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 1055.4 1072.3 -521.69 1043.4 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 16.252 4.4327 3.6664 120 0.00036779 {'day' } 6.4053 0.43948 14.575 120 2.5469e-28 {'stim' } 11.52 8.023 1.4359 120 0.15363 {'day:stim' } 1.6137 0.77637 2.0785 120 0.039797 Lower Upper 7.4757 25.029 5.5352 7.2755 -4.3648 27.405 0.076509 3.1508 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (10 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 8.4599 Lower Upper 4.8243 14.835 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 15.264 13.405 17.381 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(120)= 2.08 F(1)= 4.320 p=0.0398 p=0.03986 (df=117) day (learning) t(120)= 14.57 F(1)=212.424 p=2.547e-28 p=3.246e-28 (df=119) stim (main, window start) t(120)= 1.44 F(1)= 2.062 p=0.1536 p=0.1655 (df=21) interaction 95% CI: [+0.08, +3.15] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,41.7)=3.81, p=0.05781 (Satterthwaite DF ~= residual on this random-intercept model; the random-slope model above is the honest learning-rate test -- DF collapses toward the animal count.) INTERPRETATION: stim x day interaction SIGNIFICANT positive -- treatment improves FASTER (benefit accumulates) (p=0.0398, slope diff=+1.61) Paper (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.