============================================================================== VARIATION: right_only_d0_13 [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 = 7 rats, 84 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..13, control 0..13 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 84 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 -145.93 -131.35 78.967 -157.93 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.25632 0.035875 7.1447 80 3.7358e-10 {'day' } 0.032358 0.0046124 7.0154 80 6.6273e-10 {'stim' } 0.0062182 0.046891 0.13261 80 0.89483 {'day:stim' } 0.013512 0.0056067 2.41 80 0.018249 Lower Upper 0.18492 0.32771 0.023179 0.041537 -0.087097 0.099534 0.0023542 0.02467 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (7 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.038665 Lower Upper 0.017826 0.083864 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.090086 0.076927 0.1055 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(80)= 2.41 F(1)= 5.808 p=0.01825 p=0.01818 (df=82) day (learning) t(80)= 7.02 F(1)= 49.216 p=6.627e-10 p=5.568e-10 (df=83) stim (main, window start) t(80)= 0.13 F(1)= 0.018 p=0.8948 p=0.8959 (df=19) interaction 95% CI: [+0.002354, +0.02467] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,81.6)=5.93, p=0.01709 (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=0.01825, slope diff=+0.01351) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.