============================================================================== VARIATION: right_only_d6_10 [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, Right-Electrode control (stim=0): 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 -68.28 -59.872 40.14 -80.28 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.52619 0.041043 12.82 26 9.5461e-13 {'day' } 0.0099391 0.012595 0.78916 26 0.43716 {'stim' } 0.090314 0.050267 1.7967 26 0.084015 {'day:stim' } 0.0102 0.015425 0.66127 26 0.51426 Lower Upper 0.44182 0.61055 -0.015949 0.035828 -0.013012 0.19364 -0.021507 0.041907 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (6 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.038283 Lower Upper 0.016862 0.086916 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.056325 0.042446 0.074741 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(26)= 0.66 F(1)= 0.437 p=0.5143 p=0.5147 (df=24) day (learning) t(26)= 0.79 F(1)= 0.623 p=0.4372 p=0.4377 (df=24) stim (main, window start) t(26)= 1.80 F(1)= 3.228 p=0.08402 p=0.09376 (df=14) interaction 95% CI: [-0.02151, +0.04191] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,6.0)=0.23, p=0.6495 (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=0.5143, slope diff=+0.0102) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.