============================================================================== VARIATION: naive_a2_d6_10 [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, 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 -89.86 -79.02 50.93 -101.86 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.46152 0.032656 14.133 41 2.355e-17 {'day' } 0.034211 0.008518 4.0163 41 0.00024603 {'stim' } 0.18209 0.056562 3.2193 41 0.0025147 {'day:stim' } -0.022011 0.014754 -1.4919 41 0.14338 Lower Upper 0.39557 0.52747 0.017008 0.051413 0.067859 0.29632 -0.051806 0.0077844 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (9 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.061534 Lower Upper 0.034776 0.10888 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.06598 0.052372 0.083124 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(41)= -1.49 F(1)= 2.226 p=0.1434 p=0.1444 (df=36) day (learning) t(41)= 4.02 F(1)= 16.131 p=0.000246 p=0.0002875 (df=36) stim (main, window start) t(41)= 3.22 F(1)= 10.364 p=0.002515 p=0.005217 (df=16) interaction 95% CI: [-0.05181, +0.007784] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,9.0)=1.61, p=0.2369 (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=0.1434, slope diff=-0.02201) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.