============================================================================== VARIATION: boxa_b2_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-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 -69.131 -60.724 40.566 -81.131 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.52619 0.040432 13.014 26 6.8005e-13 {'day' } 0.0099391 0.012422 0.80014 26 0.43088 {'stim' } 0.099864 0.049519 2.0167 26 0.054168 {'day:stim' } 0.0062025 0.015213 0.4077 26 0.68683 Lower Upper 0.44308 0.6093 -0.015594 0.035472 -0.0019243 0.20165 -0.025069 0.037474 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (6 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.037656 Lower Upper 0.016562 0.085613 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.055552 0.041864 0.073715 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(26)= 0.41 F(1)= 0.166 p=0.6868 p=0.6871 (df=24) day (learning) t(26)= 0.80 F(1)= 0.640 p=0.4309 p=0.4315 (df=24) stim (main, window start) t(26)= 2.02 F(1)= 4.067 p=0.05417 p=0.06308 (df=14) interaction 95% CI: [-0.02507, +0.03747] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,6.0)=0.10, p=0.7623 (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=0.6868, slope diff=+0.006202) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.