============================================================================== VARIATION: boxa_a2_d0_5 [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-A, 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 -70.223 -59.797 41.112 -82.223 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.19895 0.036526 5.4467 38 3.2657e-06 {'day' } 0.049304 0.010134 4.8651 38 2.0216e-05 {'stim' } -0.034105 0.055794 -0.61127 38 0.54466 {'day:stim' } 0.043083 0.01548 2.7831 38 0.008341 Lower Upper 0.125 0.27289 0.028788 0.06982 -0.14705 0.078844 0.011745 0.074421 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (7 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.039633 Lower Upper 0.015473 0.10151 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.084789 0.067081 0.10717 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(38)= 2.78 F(1)= 7.746 p=0.008341 p=0.008621 (df=35) day (learning) t(38)= 4.87 F(1)= 23.669 p=2.022e-05 p=2.41e-05 (df=35) stim (main, window start) t(38)= -0.61 F(1)= 0.374 p=0.5447 p=0.5472 (df=22) interaction 95% CI: [+0.01175, +0.07442] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,9.1)=5.64, p=0.0412 (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=0.008341, slope diff=+0.04308) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.