============================================================================== VARIATION: right_only_d0_5 ============================================================================== 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, 42 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..5, control 0..5 (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 7 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 331.16 341.59 -159.58 319.16 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 12.524 5.1493 2.4321 38 0.019831 {'day' } 9.8571 1.3751 7.1681 38 1.4583e-08 {'stim' } -4.9762 6.8119 -0.73051 38 0.46956 {'day:stim' } 5.3071 1.8191 2.9174 38 0.0058973 Lower Upper 2.0996 22.948 7.0733 12.641 -18.766 8.8138 1.6245 8.9898 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (7 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 5.2482 Lower Upper 2.2427 12.282 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 9.9638 7.8829 12.594 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(38)= 2.92 F(1)= 8.511 p=0.005897 p=0.006128 (df=35) day (learning) t(38)= 7.17 F(1)= 51.382 p=1.458e-08 p=2.321e-08 (df=35) stim (main, window start) t(38)= -0.73 F(1)= 0.534 p=0.4696 p=0.4735 (df=20) interaction 95% CI: [+1.62, +8.99] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,7.0)=3.94, p=0.08763 (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=0.005897, slope diff=+5.31) Paper (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.