============================================================================== LINEAR MIXED MODEL (days x tDCS) -- scenario: lme_unmerged_full ============================================================================== model: success ~ day * tDCS + (1|subject) [tDCS: Electrode-Box-B2 = 1 vs Electrode-Box-A2 = 0] N = 6 subjects, 71 sessions day coverage: Box-B2 0..14, Box-A2 0..13 (day is raw and 0-indexed: our day 0 = the paper's "Day 1", so the tDCS main effect below is the group difference on Day 1 -- comparable to the paper.) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme: success ~ day*tDCS + (1|subject) ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 71 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 6 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: success ~ 1 + day*tDCS + (1 | subject) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 596.33 609.9 -292.16 584.33 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 21.53 5.5382 3.8874 67 0.00023506 {'day' } 6.6587 0.72367 9.2014 67 1.6706e-13 {'tDCS' } 8.0204 7.6977 1.0419 67 0.3012 {'day:tDCS' } 0.93747 0.9187 1.0204 67 0.3112 Lower Upper 10.475 32.584 5.2143 8.1032 -7.3444 23.385 -0.89627 2.7712 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: subject (6 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 5.7931 Lower Upper 2.4723 13.574 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 14.163 11.93 16.813 effect t (df) F (df1) p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- days x tDCS (interaction) t(67)= 1.02 F(1)= 1.041 p=0.3112 days (learning) t(67)= 9.20 F(1)= 84.665 p=1.671e-13 tDCS (main, at Day 1) t(67)= 1.04 F(1)= 1.086 p=0.3012 INTERPRETATION - days x tDCS interaction: n.s. (p=0.3112, slope diff=0.94) -> slopes are parallel (no differential change over training). - days (learning): SIGNIFICANT (p=1.7e-13) -> performance improves with training. - tDCS main effect on Day 1 (our day 0): n.s. (p=0.3012) -> the groups are comparable (as in the paper) on Day 1. Paper reference (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008; days t(227)=9.64, F(1)=267.64, p=1.2e-18; tDCS t(227)=0.23, F(1)=0.053, p=0.81. (Our N and exact statistics differ; this replicates the MODEL FORM on our data.)