function P = tdcs_phase_lme(mergeKey, cfg, phases) %TDCS_PHASE_LME Refit the days x tDCS LME within learning phases (Box-B2 vs A2). % P = TDCS_PHASE_LME(MERGEKEY, CFG) fits the same linear mixed model as the % lme_* scenarios -- success ~ dayp*tDCS + (1|subject) -- SEPARATELY within % each learning phase, for the Box-B2 (tDCS=1) vs Box-A2 (tDCS=0) subset of % the MERGEKEY grouping ('unmerged' | 'mergeA2' | 'mergeB2'). `dayp` is `day` % centered at each phase's start, so the tDCS main effect reads as the group % difference on the phase's first day (the interaction and slopes are % invariant to this centering). Prints a per-phase table and writes % results/phase_.txt. % % P = TDCS_PHASE_LME(MERGEKEY, CFG, PHASES) uses custom phase windows % (default {[0 5],[6 10],[6 13]}), each a [loDay hiDay] pair. % % P.phases{k} has: .phase .nSub .a2Slope .b2Slope .dayP (learning) .tDCSlevelP % (between-group level at phase start) .interP .interEst .interCI (the % between-group learning-rate difference and its 95% CI). if nargin < 3 || isempty(phases) phases = {[0 5], [6 10], [6 13]}; end Sfull = tdcs_scenario_data([mergeKey '_full']); T = Sfull(ismember(Sfull.group, {cfg.anchorLow, cfg.anchorHigh}), :); P = struct('mergeKey', mergeKey, 'phases', {cell(1, numel(phases))}); bar = repmat('=', 1, 78); s = sprintf('%s\n', bar); s = [s sprintf('PHASED days x tDCS LME -- %s (Box-B2 vs Box-A2)\n', mergeKey)]; s = [s sprintf('%s\n', bar)]; s = [s sprintf('model per phase: success ~ dayp*tDCS + (1|subject) [dayp = day - phaseStart]\n\n')]; s = [s sprintf('%-9s N A2slope B2slope day p tDCS(lvl) p interaction p slopeDiff [95%% CI]\n', 'phase')]; s = [s sprintf('%s\n', repmat('-', 1, 92))]; for k = 1:numel(phases) ph = phases{k}; Tp = T(T.day >= ph(1) & T.day <= ph(2), :); Tp.dayp = Tp.day - ph(1); Tp.tDCS = double(Tp.group == cfg.anchorHigh); lme = fitlme(Tp, 'success ~ dayp*tDCS + (1|subject)'); C = lme.Coefficients; A = anova(lme); ci = coefCI(lme); ii = strcmp(C.Name, 'dayp:tDCS'); di = strcmp(C.Name, 'dayp'); e = struct(); e.phase = ph; e.nSub = numel(unique(Tp.subject)); e.a2Slope = C.Estimate(di); e.b2Slope = C.Estimate(di) + C.Estimate(ii); e.dayP = A.pValue(strcmp(A.Term, 'dayp')); e.tDCSlevelP = A.pValue(strcmp(A.Term, 'tDCS')); e.interP = A.pValue(strcmp(A.Term, 'dayp:tDCS')); e.interEst = C.Estimate(ii); e.interCI = ci(ii, :); P.phases{k} = e; s = [s sprintf('%d-%-6d %d %6.2f %6.2f %-9.2g %-11.3f %-13.3f %+.2f [%+.2f, %+.2f]\n', ... ph(1), ph(2), e.nSub, e.a2Slope, e.b2Slope, e.dayP, e.tDCSlevelP, ... e.interP, e.interEst, e.interCI(1), e.interCI(2))]; %#ok end s = [s sprintf(['\nNote: the interaction p (and CI) use fitlme observation-level DF and are\n' ... 'ANTICONSERVATIVE at these small subject counts (see tdcs_power_sim). The early\n' ... 'phase carries the Box-B2 faster-acquisition signal; late phases converge.\n'])]; fprintf('%s', s); localWrite(['phase_' mergeKey], s); end function localWrite(name, s) thisDir = fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')); resDir = fullfile(thisDir, 'results'); if ~exist(resDir, 'dir'); mkdir(resDir); end fid = fopen(fullfile(resDir, [name '.txt']), 'w'); if fid < 0; error('tdcs_phase_lme:fopen', 'Cannot open results file for "%s".', name); end cleanup = onCleanup(@() fclose(fid)); %#ok fprintf(fid, '%s', s); end