============================================================================== VARIATION: boxa_b2_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-A, Electrode-Box-B2 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 231.05 239.46 -109.52 219.05 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 74.2 6.2618 11.85 26 5.5401e-12 {'day' } 2.4 1.8164 1.3213 26 0.1979 {'stim' } 12 7.6691 1.5647 26 0.12974 {'day:stim' } 1.9 2.2246 0.85409 26 0.40085 Lower Upper 61.329 87.071 -1.3336 6.1336 -3.764 27.764 -2.6727 6.4727 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (6 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 6.2314 Lower Upper 2.9021 13.38 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 8.123 6.1215 10.779 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(26)= 0.85 F(1)= 0.729 p=0.4009 p=0.4015 (df=24) day (learning) t(26)= 1.32 F(1)= 1.746 p=0.1979 p=0.1989 (df=24) stim (main, window start) t(26)= 1.56 F(1)= 2.448 p=0.1297 p=0.142 (df=13) interaction 95% CI: [-2.673, +6.473] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,6.0)=0.61, p=0.4631 (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=0.4009, slope diff=+1.9) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.