============================================================================== LINEAR MIXED MODEL (days x tDCS) -- scenario: lme_mergeB2_d0_13 ============================================================================== model: success ~ day * tDCS + (1|subject) [tDCS: Electrode-Box-B2 = 1 vs Electrode-Box-A2 = 0] N = 8 subjects, 98 sessions day coverage: Box-B2 0..13, Box-A2 0..13 (day is raw and 0-indexed: our day 0 = the paper's "Day 1", so the tDCS main effect below is the group difference on Day 1 -- comparable to the paper.) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme: success ~ day*tDCS + (1|subject) ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 98 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 8 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: success ~ 1 + day*tDCS + (1 | subject) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance 803.97 819.48 -395.99 791.97 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 21.528 5.1581 4.1736 94 6.6907e-05 {'day' } 6.6603 0.67208 9.91 94 2.855e-16 {'tDCS' } 1.8428 6.4496 0.28572 94 0.77572 {'day:tDCS' } 1.5375 0.78742 1.9525 94 0.053848 Lower Upper 11.286 31.769 5.3259 7.9948 -10.963 14.649 -0.025966 3.1009 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: subject (8 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 5.4251 Lower Upper 2.6045 11.3 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 13.148 11.362 15.215 effect t (df) F (df1) p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- days x tDCS (interaction) t(94)= 1.95 F(1)= 3.812 p=0.05385 days (learning) t(94)= 9.91 F(1)= 98.208 p=2.855e-16 tDCS (main, at Day 1) t(94)= 0.29 F(1)= 0.082 p=0.7757 INTERPRETATION - days x tDCS interaction: n.s. (p=0.0538, slope diff=1.54) -> slopes are parallel (no differential change over training). - days (learning): SIGNIFICANT (p=2.9e-16) -> performance improves with training. - tDCS main effect on Day 1 (our day 0): n.s. (p=0.7757) -> the groups are comparable (as in the paper) on Day 1. Paper reference (N=24): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008; days t(227)=9.64, F(1)=267.64, p=1.2e-18; tDCS t(227)=0.23, F(1)=0.053, p=0.81. (Our N and exact statistics differ; this replicates the MODEL FORM on our data.)