============================================================================== VARIATION: naive_a2_d6_10 ============================================================================== 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 control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2, Naive N = 9 rats, 45 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 45 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 9 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 368.51 379.35 -178.25 356.51 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 62.1 5.5902 11.109 41 6.1328e-14 {'day' } 5.9667 1.3623 4.3798 41 8.0273e-05 {'stim' } 26.433 9.6824 2.73 41 0.0092904 {'day:stim' } -1.8 2.3596 -0.76285 41 0.44992 Lower Upper 50.81 73.39 3.2154 8.7179 6.8793 45.987 -6.5653 2.9653 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (9 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 10.986 Lower Upper 6.3454 19.02 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 10.552 8.376 13.294 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(41)= -0.76 F(1)= 0.582 p=0.4499 p=0.4505 (df=36) day (learning) t(41)= 4.38 F(1)= 19.183 p=8.027e-05 p=9.813e-05 (df=36) stim (main, window start) t(41)= 2.73 F(1)= 7.453 p=0.00929 p=0.01541 (df=15) interaction 95% CI: [-6.57, +2.97] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,9.0)=0.44, p=0.5223 (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=0.4499, slope diff=-1.80) Paper (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.