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Table 1.

Summary of significant effects of prenatal dexamethasone exposure on behaviour

Dependent variable	VEH	EDEX	LDEX	Comparison	p	Reference
Infancy (weeks 1–12)
% time spent mobile	47 ± 6	56 ± 6	48 ± 5	EDEX > VEH	0.05	Hauser et al. (2007)
% time spent mobile	47 ± 6	56 ± 6	48 ± 5	EDEX > LDEX	0.05	Hauser et al. (2007)
% time eating solid food	2 ± 0	2 ± 1	1 ± 0	EDEX > VEH	0.05	Hauser et al. (2007)
% time eating solid food	2 ± 0	2 ± 1	1 ± 0	EDEX > LDEX	0.05	Hauser et al. (2007)
Juvenilility–adolescence (weeks 20–48)
Initiate social play frequency/h	6 ± 1	2 ± 1	5 ± 1	EDEX < VEH	0.05	Hauser et al. (2008)
Initiate social play frequency/h	6 ± 1	2 ± 1	5 ± 1	EDEX < LDEX	0.05	Hauser et al. (2008)
Skilled reaching task						Hauser et al. (2008)
% single attempt success	78 ± 3	75 ± 4	63 ± 4	Treatment × block	0.001
% single grasp success	51 ± 3	30 ± 4	33 ± 4	Treatment × block	0.001
Adolescence (week 48)
Fixed-ratio 10 reinforcement						Hauser et al. (2008)
Total responses	190 ± 9	345 ± 15	206 ± 11	EDEX > VEH	0.005
Total reinforcements	14 ± 2	33 ± 4	15 ± 5	EDEX > VEH	0.005

Data are presented as mean ± SEM