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. 2010 Mar 8;107(12):5495–5499. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0910778107

Table 1.

Results from repeated-measures ANCOVA examining the performance parameters peak velocity, peak acceleration, and peak power for effects of temperature, individual, feeding phase (projection vs. retraction), and projection distance (covariate)

Peak velocity Peak acceleration Peak power
df F value P value df F value P value df F value P value
15 °C vs. 25 °C
 Individual 4 7.384 <0.0001* 4 5.585 0.0003* 4 1.832 0.1253
 Temperature 1 436.1 <0.0001* 1 77.56 <0.0001* 1 244.5 <0.0001*
 Projection distance 1 44.86 <0.0001* 1 5.477 0.0205 1 0.589 0.4438
 Phase 1 8118 <0.0001* 1 294.8 <0.0001* 1 8356 <0.0001*
 Individual × temperature 4 2.58 0.0395 4 2.439 0.0493 4 4.283 0.0026*
 Individual × projection distance 4 1.665 0.1609 4 0.697 0.5952 4 1.002 0.4083
 Temperature × projection distance 1 0.030 0.8633 1 2.781 0.0974 1 10.96 0.0012*
 Individual × phase 4 3.159 0.0157* 4 5.433 0.0004* 4 4.351 0.0023*
 Temperature × phase 1 250.5 <0.0001* 1 73.86 <0.0001* 1 195.5 <0.0001*
 Projection distance × phase 1 6.371 0.0126* 1 30.84 <0.0001* 1 9.627 0.0023*
25 °C vs. 35 °C
 Individual 4 10.10 <0.0001* 4 2.345 0.0571 4 6.580 <0.0001*
 Temperature 1 222.2 <0.0001* 1 45.15 <0.0001* 1 132.4 <0.0001*
 Projection distance 1 77.65 <0.0001* 1 0.207 0.6494 1 16.50 <0.0001*
 Phase 1 6464 <0.0001* 1 26.25 <0.0001* 1 7719 <0.0001*
 Individual × temperature 4 2.884 0.0244 4 1.759 0.1398 4 1.113 0.3523
 Individual × projection distance 4 6.300 <0.0001* 4 1.636 0.1679 4 1.528 0.1966
 Temperature × projection distance 1 4.605 0.0334 1 3.252 0.0732 1 0.025 0.8759
 Individual × phase 4 5.597 0.0003* 4 2.652 0.0353 4 2.093 0.0843
 Temperature × phase 1 78.38 <0.0001* 1 21.21 <0.0001* 1 54.06 <0.0001*
 Projection distance × phase 1 37.25 <0.0001* 1 14.22 0.0002* 1 1.536 0.217

Note the significant temperature × phase interaction effects, which indicate that tongue projection and tongue retraction are affected differently by changes in temperature.

*Significant difference in ANCOVA at Benferroni-corrected α = 0.017, indicating significant effect.