============================================================================== VARIATION: boxa_a2_d6_10 [metric: success COUNT] ============================================================================== 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 N = 6 rats, 30 sessions raw day coverage: treat 6..10, control 6..10 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 30 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 6 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 231.74 240.15 -109.87 219.74 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 75.867 5.1856 14.63 26 4.6141e-14 {'day' } 3.1667 1.4985 2.1132 26 0.044334 {'stim' } 12.667 7.3335 1.7272 26 0.095989 {'day:stim' } 1 2.1192 0.47188 26 0.64095 Lower Upper 65.208 86.526 0.086483 6.2469 -2.4075 27.741 -3.356 5.356 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (6 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 6.3444 Lower Upper 2.9639 13.581 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 8.2076 6.1852 10.891 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(26)= 0.47 F(1)= 0.223 p=0.6409 p=0.6413 (df=24) day (learning) t(26)= 2.11 F(1)= 4.466 p=0.04433 p=0.04517 (df=24) stim (main, window start) t(26)= 1.73 F(1)= 2.983 p=0.09599 p=0.1083 (df=13) interaction 95% CI: [-3.356, +5.356] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,6.0)=0.18, p=0.6872 (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=0.6409, slope diff=+1) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.