============================================================================== VARIATION: matched_current_d0_3 [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 control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2 N = 6 rats, 24 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..3, control 0..3 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 24 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 -40.724 -33.656 26.362 -52.724 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.23952 0.039567 6.0535 20 6.443e-06 {'day' } 0.027914 0.020245 1.3788 20 0.18317 {'stim' } -0.089781 0.055956 -1.6045 20 0.12428 {'day:stim' } 0.077228 0.02863 2.6974 20 0.013857 Lower Upper 0.15698 0.32205 -0.014316 0.070144 -0.2065 0.026941 0.017506 0.13695 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (6 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.019829 Lower Upper 0.00093276 0.42155 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.078408 0.056558 0.1087 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(20)= 2.70 F(1)= 7.276 p=0.01386 p=0.01473 (df=18) day (learning) t(20)= 1.38 F(1)= 1.901 p=0.1832 p=0.1848 (df=18) stim (main, window start) t(20)= -1.60 F(1)= 2.574 p=0.1243 p=0.1235 (df=21) interaction 95% CI: [+0.01751, +0.1369] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,18.0)=7.28, p=0.01473 (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=0.01386, slope diff=+0.07723) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.