============================================================================== VARIATION: right_only_d0_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, Right-Electrode control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2 N = 7 rats, 72 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..10, control 0..10 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 72 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 -130.99 -117.33 71.495 -142.99 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF {'(Intercept)'} 0.22977 0.037841 6.0719 68 {'day' } 0.040867 0.0053407 7.652 68 {'stim' } 0.00041563 0.049782 0.008349 68 {'day:stim' } 0.013934 0.006676 2.0872 68 pValue Lower Upper 6.3632e-08 0.15426 0.30528 9.3879e-11 0.03021 0.051524 0.99336 -0.098922 0.099754 0.040617 0.00061265 0.027256 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (7 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.044032 Lower Upper 0.021261 0.09119 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.084023 0.070735 0.099809 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(68)= 2.09 F(1)= 4.357 p=0.04062 p=0.04064 (df=68) day (learning) t(68)= 7.65 F(1)= 58.553 p=9.388e-11 p=8.647e-11 (df=69) stim (main, window start) t(68)= 0.01 F(1)= 0.000 p=0.9934 p=0.9934 (df=17) interaction 95% CI: [+0.0006126, +0.02726] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,67.1)=4.40, p=0.03968 (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=0.04062, slope diff=+0.01393) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.