============================================================================== VARIATION: naive_a2_d0_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 control (stim=0): Electrode-Box-A2, Naive N = 10 rats, 122 sessions raw day coverage: treat 0..13, control 0..13 (equal day coverage over this window) ============================================================================== FULL MODEL SUMMARY -- fitlme ============================================================================== Linear mixed-effects model fit by ML Model information: Number of observations 122 Fixed effects coefficients 4 Random effects coefficients 10 Covariance parameters 2 Formula: behavior ~ 1 + day*stim + (1 | rat) Model fit statistics: AIC BIC LogLikelihood Deviance -181.33 -164.5 96.663 -193.33 Fixed effects coefficients (95% CIs): Name Estimate SE tStat DF pValue {'(Intercept)'} 0.23325 0.027564 8.4623 118 8.2776e-14 {'day' } 0.031488 0.0030917 10.184 118 7.3141e-18 {'stim' } 0.055421 0.048873 1.134 118 0.2591 {'day:stim' } 0.012089 0.0053578 2.2563 118 0.025894 Lower Upper 0.17867 0.28783 0.025365 0.03761 -0.041361 0.1522 0.0014788 0.022699 Random effects covariance parameters (95% CIs): Group: rat (10 Levels) Name1 Name2 Type Estimate {'(Intercept)'} {'(Intercept)'} {'std'} 0.044199 Lower Upper 0.022679 0.086139 Group: Error Name Estimate Lower Upper {'Res Std'} 0.10453 0.091674 0.1192 effect t(df) / F(df1) p (resid) Satterthwaite: p (df) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stim x day (interaction) t(118)= 2.26 F(1)= 5.091 p=0.02589 p=0.02593 (df=116) day (learning) t(118)= 10.18 F(1)=103.724 p=7.314e-18 p=6.719e-18 (df=119) stim (main, window start) t(118)= 1.13 F(1)= 1.286 p=0.2591 p=0.2666 (df=27) interaction 95% CI: [+0.001479, +0.0227] HONEST LME (per-animal random slope, day|rat): interaction F(1,97.3)=5.06, p=0.02667 (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=0.02589, slope diff=+0.01209) Paper (N=24, count): interaction t(227)=2.68, F(1)=7.12, p=0.008.