============================================================================== VARIATION: naive_boxa_d0_5 ============================================================================== 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-A, Electrode-Box-A2, Naive N = 11 rats, 65 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..5, control 0..5 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 65 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 11 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 540.21 553.25 -264.1 528.21 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 8.2006 4.622 1.7743 61 0.081011 {'day' } 8.8157 1.0827 8.1421 61 2.5062e-11 {'stim' } 1.3073 8.7275 0.1498 61 0.88142 {'day:stim' } 6.4033 2.0341 3.1479 61 0.0025447 Lower Upper -1.0416 17.443 6.6507 10.981 -16.144 18.759 2.3358 10.471 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (11 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 9.1032 Lower Upper 5.2068 15.915 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 12.477 10.33 15.071 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(61)= 3.15 F(1)= 9.909 p=0.002545 p=0.002679 (df=54) day (learning) t(61)= 8.14 F(1)= 66.293 p=2.506e-11 p=5.765e-11 (df=54) stim (main, window start) t(61)= 0.15 F(1)= 0.022 p=0.8814 p=0.8822 (df=24) interaction 95% CI: [+2.34, +10.47] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,10.5)=5.80, p=0.03561 (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=0.002545, slope diff=+6.40) Paper (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.