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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2010 Sep 6;101(5):764–769. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.08.021

Table 2. Summary of other behaviors scored during maternal care analysis.

Means and SEM are shown for each treatment group in each daily scoring session for the first (PND 0) and last (PND 7) days of observation. Results of the rmANOVA across all scoring sessions and all observation days (PND 0–7) are shown, with day as the repeated measure.

Behavior Time Day 0
Day 7
Sach Sach Nic Nic Sach Sach Nic Nic rmANOVA (Days 0–7)
Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM Mauchly, F-stat, p-value
Snout Contact AM 3.33 2.28 8.15 1.48 0.00 0.00 1.48 0.98 Ttmt: -, 1.11, 0.30
PM 4.45 1.41 2.96 1.61 3.33 2.28 0.74 0.74 Day: 0.014, 3.54, 0.006 *
Time: -, 0.001, 0.98

Nesting AM 6.67 3.44 9.63 5.10 3.33 2.28 0.74 0.74 Ttmt: -, 0.64, 0.43
PM 5.56 2.05 3.70 2.25 1.11 1.11 1.48 0.98 Day: 0.000, 3.91, 0.005 *
Time: -, 0.54, 0.47

Self-Grooming AM 11.11 2.22 11.11 1.57 10.00 5.09 7.41 2.34 Ttmt: -, 2.64, 0.12
PM 14.45 6.76 8.89 1.57 12.22 5.28 5.93 2.34 Day: 0.32, 1.50, 0.17
Time: -, 0.071, 0.79

No Contact AM 3.33 2.28 3.70 2.96 18.89 9.18 3.70 3.70 Ttmt: -, 1.44, 0.24
PM 8.89 5.07 6.67 2.48 35.56 3.72 29.63 11.39 Day: 0.000, 2.16, 0.075
Time: -, 21.1, 0.000*
*

p<0.05