============================================================================== VARIATION: boxa_b2_d0_5 [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-A, Electrode-Box-B2 control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2 N = 7 rats, 42 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 42 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 7 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance -68.33 -57.904 40.165 -80.33 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.2186 0.045229 4.8332 38 2.2327e-05 {'day' } 0.043366 0.011725 3.6987 38 0.00068267 {'stim' } -0.059971 0.059832 -1.0023 38 0.32253 {'day:stim' } 0.042705 0.01551 2.7533 38 0.0089978 Lower Upper 0.12704 0.31016 0.01963 0.067101 -0.1811 0.061153 0.011306 0.074103 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (7 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.048546 Lower Upper 0.021809 0.10806 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.084953 0.067211 0.10738 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(38)= 2.75 F(1)= 7.581 p=0.008998 p=0.00929 (df=35) day (learning) t(38)= 3.70 F(1)= 13.680 p=0.0006827 p=0.0007391 (df=35) stim (main, window start) t(38)= -1.00 F(1)= 1.005 p=0.3225 p=0.3289 (df=19) interaction 95% CI: [+0.01131, +0.0741] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,8.8)=5.05, p=0.05179 (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=0.008998, slope diff=+0.0427) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.