============================================================================== VARIATION: naive_a2_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-B2 control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2, Naive N = 10 rats, 57 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 57 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 -81.991 -69.732 46.995 -93.991 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF {'(Intercept)'} 0.21873 0.03639 6.0107 53 {'day' } 0.030326 0.0094955 3.1937 53 {'stim' } -0.053886 0.062912 -0.85653 53 {'day:stim' } 0.062061 0.016406 3.7829 53 pValue Lower Upper 1.7409e-07 0.14574 0.29172 0.002365 0.01128 0.049372 0.39556 -0.18007 0.072299 0.00039586 0.029156 0.094967 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (10 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.054581 Lower Upper 0.026757 0.11134 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.096936 0.079103 0.11879 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(53)= 3.78 F(1)= 14.310 p=0.0003959 p=0.0004381 (df=47) day (learning) t(53)= 3.19 F(1)= 10.200 p=0.002365 p=0.002483 (df=48) stim (main, window start) t(53)= -0.86 F(1)= 0.734 p=0.3956 p=0.3992 (df=27) interaction 95% CI: [+0.02916, +0.09497] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,11.5)=11.53, p=0.005637 (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=0.0003959, slope diff=+0.06206) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.