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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Neurosci. 2008 Apr;122(2):251–266. doi: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.2.251

Table 4.

Attitude assessment data

Category &
adjectives
CON
A-IBO
Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4
Sociable 2.6 ± 0.2 2.6 ± 0.4 2.8 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.3 3.3 ± 0.5 3.0 ± 0.3 3.1 ± 0.3
 Confident 3.0 ± 0.2 2.9 ± 0.4 3.1 ± 0.4 3.1 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.3 3.6 ± 0.5 3.0 ± 0.3 3.3 ± 0.4
 Affiliative 2.2 ± 0.2 2.3 ± 0.4 2.5 ± 0.3 2.5 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.2 3.1 ± 0.5 3.1 ± 0.4 3.0 ± 0.3
Interaction-inhibiting 2.5 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.3 2.1 ± 0.2 2.2 ± 0.2 2.5 ± 0.2 1.8 ± 0.3 * 1.8 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.2
 Avoidant 3.0 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.4 2.7 ± 0.3 2.7 ± 0.2 2.7 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.4 2.3 ± 0.3 2.2 ± 0.2
 Aggressive 2.0 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.2 1.6 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.2
 Nervous 2.7 ± 0.2 2.7 ± 0.5 2.3 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.3 2.9 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.5 * 2.0 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 0.3
 Fearful 2.4 ± 0.2 2.6 ± 0.5 2.0 ± 0.3 # 2.2 ± 0.3 2.7 ± 0.3 1.9 ± 0.5 * 1.8 ± 0.4 2.3 ± 0.4
Other
 Active 2.7 ± 0.1 2.8 ± 0.2 2.8 ± 0.2 2.5 ± 0.1 3.1 ± 0.3 3.2 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.3 2.6 ± 0.3

Data are the mean attitude assessment data (±SEM) for the two experimental groups. CON – control monkeys; A-IBO – animals with ibotenic acid amygdala lesions. Block 1, Block 2, etc. – sequential testing blocks, each representing an average over eight test days.

*

p = .05, change relative to Block 1.

p = .07, change relative to Block 2.

#

p = .08, change relative to Block 2.