lmer output shows laplace approximation not reml

Joshua Wiley <jwiley.psych at ...> writes:

Hi Yolande,

It is not clear what REML is with GLMMs. 

[snip ...]

So, I do not think it is surprising that with a GLMM (which mixed
effects poisson is), REML does nothing.

I have added a (short!) discussion of this issue, with some links
to mailing list threads and literature, at:

http://glmm.wikidot.com/faq#reml-glmm