============================================================================== VARIATION: right_only_d6_13 ============================================================================== 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-B2, Right-Electrode control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2 N = 6 rats, 42 sessions raw day coverage: treat 6..13, control 6..13 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 42 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 309.98 320.4 -148.99 297.98 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 75.163 5.7598 13.049 38 1.2935e-15 {'day' } 1.7153 1.01 1.6984 38 0.097608 {'stim' } 11.525 7.0338 1.6386 38 0.10956 {'day:stim' } 2.7579 1.1891 2.3193 38 0.02585 Lower Upper 63.503 86.823 -0.32925 3.7599 -2.7138 25.764 0.35071 5.1651 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (6 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 6.4688 Lower Upper 3.3423 12.52 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 7.3669 5.8525 9.2731 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(38)= 2.32 F(1)= 5.379 p=0.02585 p=0.02591 (df=38) day (learning) t(38)= 1.70 F(1)= 2.885 p=0.09761 p=0.09766 (df=38) stim (main, window start) t(38)= 1.64 F(1)= 2.685 p=0.1096 p=0.1304 (df=11) interaction 95% CI: [+0.35, +5.17] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,21.2)=4.96, p=0.03697 (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=0.02585, slope diff=+2.76) Paper (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.