Table 2. Exploratory strategy models for rat tasks.

Columns give the conditions to define trial ${\displaystyle t}$ as a success, failure, or null for each exploratory strategy.

	Success	Failure	Null
Win-stay-spatial	Rewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ AND chose the same spatial option (e.g. the left lever) on trial ${\displaystyle t}$	Rewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ AND NOT chosen the same spatial option on trial ${\displaystyle t}$	Unrewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$
Lose-shift-spatial	Unrewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ AND chose a different spatial option (e.g. the left lever) on trial ${\displaystyle t}$	Unrewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ AND NOT chosen a different spatial option on trial ${\displaystyle t}$	Rewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$
Win-stay-cue	Rewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ AND chose the same cued option on trial ${\displaystyle t}$ (e.g. chose the lit lever on trials ${\displaystyle t-1}$ and ${\displaystyle t}$; or the unlit lever on trials ${\displaystyle t-1}$ and ${\displaystyle t}$)	Rewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ AND NOT chosen the same cued option on trial ${\displaystyle t}$	Unrewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$
Lose-shift-cue	Unrewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ AND chose a different cued option on trial ${\displaystyle t}$ from the choice on trial ${\displaystyle t}$ (e.g. chose the lit lever on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ and the unlit lever on trial ${\displaystyle t}$; or the unlit lever on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ and the lit lever on trial ${\displaystyle t}$)	Unrewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$ AND NOT chosen a different cued option on trial ${\displaystyle t}$	Rewarded on trial ${\displaystyle t-1}$
Alternate	Chose another spatial option compared to the previous trial	Chose the same spatial option as the previous trial	n/a
Sticky	Chose the same spatial option as the previous trial	Chose another spatial option compared to the previous trial	n/a