============================================================================== LINEAR MIXED MODEL (days x tDCS) -- scenario: lme_mergeB2_d0_10 ============================================================================== model: success ~ day * tDCS + (1|subject) [tDCS: Electrode-Box-B2 = 1 vs Electrode-Box-A2 = 0] N = 8 subjects, 83 sessions day coverage: Box-B2 0..10, Box-A2 0..10 (day is raw and 0-indexed: our day 0 = the paper's "Day 1", so the tDCS main effect below is the group difference on Day 1 -- comparable to the paper.) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme: success ~ day*tDCS + (1|subject) ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 83 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 8 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: success ~ 1 + day*tDCS + (1 | subject) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 669.06 683.57 -328.53 657.06 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 17.318 5.1725 3.348 79 0.0012488 {'day' } 7.9975 0.75795 10.551 79 9.547e-17 {'tDCS' } 0.42782 6.5088 0.06573 79 0.94776 {'day:tDCS' } 1.7407 0.91342 1.9057 79 0.060324 Lower Upper 7.0221 27.613 6.4888 9.5061 -12.528 13.383 -0.07739 3.5588 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: subject (8 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 5.7075 Lower Upper 2.7829 11.705 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 11.955 10.184 14.034 effect t (df) F (df1) p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- days x tDCS (interaction) t(79)= 1.91 F(1)= 3.632 p=0.06032 days (learning) t(79)= 10.55 F(1)= 111.334 p=9.547e-17 tDCS (main, at Day 1) t(79)= 0.07 F(1)= 0.004 p=0.9478 INTERPRETATION - days x tDCS interaction: n.s. (p=0.0603, slope diff=1.74) -> slopes are parallel (no differential change over training). - days (learning): SIGNIFICANT (p=9.5e-17) -> performance improves with training. - tDCS main effect on Day 1 (our day 0): n.s. (p=0.9478) -> the groups are comparable (as in the paper) on Day 1. Paper reference (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008; days t(227)=9.64, F(1)=267.64, p=1.2e-18; tDCS t(227)=0.23, F(1)=0.053, p=0.81. (Our N and exact statistics differ; this replicates the MODEL FORM on our data.)