============================================================================== VARIATION: right_only_d6_13 [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 = 6 rats, 42 sessions raw day coverage: treat 6..13, control 6..13 (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 6 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance -107.29 -96.867 59.646 -119.29 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.53543 0.038925 13.755 38 2.4576e-16 {'day' } 0.0034157 0.0070712 0.48304 38 0.63184 {'stim' } 0.077975 0.047524 1.6407 38 0.1091 {'day:stim' } 0.018776 0.0083266 2.2549 38 0.029981 Lower Upper 0.45663 0.61423 -0.010899 0.017731 -0.018233 0.17418 0.0019195 0.035632 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (6 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.042741 Lower Upper 0.021774 0.083895 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.051638 0.041022 0.065002 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(38)= 2.25 F(1)= 5.085 p=0.02998 p=0.03003 (df=38) day (learning) t(38)= 0.48 F(1)= 0.233 p=0.6318 p=0.6318 (df=38) stim (main, window start) t(38)= 1.64 F(1)= 2.692 p=0.1091 p=0.1287 (df=11) interaction 95% CI: [+0.00192, +0.03563] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,4.0)=0.24, p=0.6492 (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=0.02998, slope diff=+0.01878) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.