============================================================================== VARIATION: right_only_d0_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 = 7 rats, 84 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..13, control 0..13 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 84 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 7 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 695.18 709.77 -341.59 683.18 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 21.7 4.3761 4.9587 80 3.9065e-06 {'day' } 6.4863 0.68669 9.4459 80 1.1708e-14 {'stim' } 3.5986 5.6847 0.63303 80 0.52852 {'day:stim' } 1.7002 0.84679 2.0078 80 0.048042 Lower Upper 12.991 30.409 5.1198 7.8529 -7.7143 14.911 0.015009 3.3853 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (7 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 3.1353e-15 Lower Upper NaN NaN Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 14.12 12.139 16.425 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(80)= 2.01 F(1)= 4.031 p=0.04804 p=0.04788 (df=84) day (learning) t(80)= 9.45 F(1)= 89.224 p=1.171e-14 p=7.518e-15 (df=84) stim (main, window start) t(80)= 0.63 F(1)= 0.401 p=0.5285 p=0.5284 (df=84) interaction 95% CI: [+0.02, +3.39] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,20.2)=2.92, p=0.1029 (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=0.04804, slope diff=+1.70) Paper (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.