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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009 Apr 11;34(8):1222–1234. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.03.012

Table 3.

Behavior scores (median, range) of cortisol-treated and vehicle-treated (control) female marmosets when tested in their home cage with one of their own infants on days 3, 4, 6, and 7 of treatment.

Behavior Cortisol Group Control Group P (Mann-Whitney U test)
Approach infanta 0.033
(0.000−0.767)		 0.000
(0.000−0.000)		 0.025
Carry infantb 0.992
(0.242−0.997)		 0.996
(0.994−0.998)		 0.025
Reject infantb 0.002
(0.000−0.234)		 0.000
(0.000−0.019)		 0.056
Inspect infanta 0.633
(0.183−3.267)		 0.267
(0.033−1.333)		 0.064
Proximity to infantc 1.000
(0.364−1.000)		 1.000
(1.000−1.000)		 0.062
Lick infanta 0.167
(0.000−0.367)		 0.017
(0.000−0.267)		 0.137
Solicit infanta 0.067
(0.017−0.800)		 0.067
(0.033−0.067)		 0.256
Contact aggression (bite + cuff + attack)a 0.000
(0.00−0.333)		 0.000
(0.000−0.050)		 0.230
Vocal threata 0.300
(0.000−0.517)		 0.100
(0.000−1.783)		 0.797
Chirpa 1.767
(0.117−32.617)		 0.700
(0.100−5.200)		 0.277
Long-calla 0.917
(0.000−3.083)		 0.567
(0.000−3.083)		 0.898
Autogrooma 0.017
(0.000−0.083)		 0.017
(0.000−0.617)		 0.547
Scratcha 0.133
(0.000−0.500)		 0.133
(0.000−0.833)		 0.846
Bristle strutb 0.341
(0.034−0.711)		 0.141
(0.014−0.965)		 0.749
Locomotionc 0.153
(0.033−0.309)		 0.073
(0.000−0.172)		 0.085
Suckling by infantc 0.034
(0.000−0.333)		 0.241
(0.000−0.527)		 0.396
Ngä by infanta 0.000
(0.000−1.333)		 0.000
(0.000−0.000)		 0.062
a

Number of occurrences per minute across all four observations

b

Proportion of time across all four observations

c

Proportion of instantaneous scans across all four observations