============================================================================== VARIATION: prev_f_full ============================================================================== model: behavior ~ stim + day + stim:day + (1|rat) (behavior = success COUNT) day = training day within window (0 = first analyzed day) treatment (stim=1): b2_f control (stim=0): a2_f N = 24 rats, 231 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..9, control 0..9 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 231 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 24 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 1416.2 1436.9 -702.11 1404.2 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 7.7376 1.4647 5.2828 227 2.9782e-07 {'day' } 1.3487 0.15094 8.9352 227 1.4298e-16 {'stim' } 1.8961 2.0698 0.9161 227 0.36059 {'day:stim' } 0.56023 0.21043 2.6623 227 0.0083151 Lower Upper 4.8515 10.624 1.0513 1.6461 -2.1823 5.9745 0.14559 0.97488 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (24 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 4.3164 Lower Upper 3.1535 5.9081 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 4.4892 4.0771 4.9429 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(227)= 2.66 F(1)= 7.088 p=0.008315 p=0.008365 (df=208) day (learning) t(227)= 8.94 F(1)= 79.838 p=1.43e-16 p=2.16e-16 (df=209) stim (main, window start) t(227)= 0.92 F(1)= 0.839 p=0.3606 p=0.3656 (df=37) interaction 95% CI: [+0.15, +0.97] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,24.0)=3.01, p=0.09541 (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=0.008315, slope diff=+0.56) Paper (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.