============================================================================== VARIATION: naive_a2_d6_13 [metric: success RATE (success/attempts)] ============================================================================== model: behavior ~ stim + day + stim:day + (1|rat) (behavior = success RATE (success/attempts)) day = training day within window (0 = first analyzed day) treatment (stim=1): Electrode-Box-B2 control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2, Naive N = 9 rats, 65 sessions raw day coverage: treat 6..13, control 6..13 (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 9 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance -124.85 -111.8 68.424 -136.85 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.49381 0.029854 16.541 61 3.1921e-24 {'day' } 0.012224 0.0052666 2.321 61 0.023647 {'stim' } 0.14414 0.051782 2.7835 61 0.007149 {'day:stim' } 0.0034682 0.0093748 0.36995 61 0.7127 Lower Upper 0.43411 0.5535 0.0016924 0.022755 0.040593 0.24768 -0.015278 0.022214 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (9 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.053368 Lower Upper 0.029753 0.095724 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.076088 0.063265 0.091511 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(61)= 0.37 F(1)= 0.137 p=0.7127 p=0.7128 (df=58) day (learning) t(61)= 2.32 F(1)= 5.387 p=0.02365 p=0.02384 (df=58) stim (main, window start) t(61)= 2.78 F(1)= 7.748 p=0.007149 p=0.01177 (df=19) interaction 95% CI: [-0.01528, +0.02221] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,7.4)=0.04, p=0.8393 (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 n.s. -- slopes parallel (no differential learning rate) (p=0.7127, slope diff=+0.003468) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.