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. 2014 Sep 18;9(9):e108003. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108003

Table 3. Medians (Interquartile ranges-IQR) for the variables and two-sample Wilcoxon Signed-rank tests for comparisons regarding the effect of the owner’s direction of attention.

Comparisons Duration: Median (IQR) Frequency: Median (IQR)
Food+Owner variable Owner Turned variable Food+Owner Owner Turned T p Food+Owner Owner Turned T p
Owner’s face (Food+Owner) vs. Owner’s Back (Owner Turned)
Gaze Owner Gaze Owner’s back 0.24 (0.21) 0.11 (0.16) 153.5 0.0003 0.13 (0.10) 0.07 (0.10) 175.5 <0.0001
Food area×Gaze Owner Food area×Gaze Owner’s back 0.08 (0.18) 0.03 (0.11) 74.5 0.090
GA owner/food GA owner’s back/food 3 (4) 0 (2) 99 0.005
Food area×GA owner/food Food area×GA owner’s back/food 1 (3) 0 (1) 40 0.141
Behaviors in Food area (Food+Owner) vs. in Back area (Owner Turned)
Food area×Gaze Owner Back area×Gaze Owner 0.04 (0.09)* 0 (0.02)* 89 0.029
Food area×Gaze Food Back area×Gaze Food 0.06 (0.18)* 0 (0)* 136 <0.0001
Food area×GA owner/food Back area×GA owner/food 0.47 (1.41)* 0 (0)* 78.5 0.0001
Food area×Vocalization Back area×Vocalization 0 (0)* 0 (0)* −5 0.125
Food area×Sonorous ML Back area×Sonorous ML 0 (0)* 0 (0)* 2.5 0.625

GA: Gaze Alternation.

ML: Mouth Licking.

*Corrected regarding relative size of the areas.

Obs: Gaze Alternation was only measured in absolute frequency, and variables that involved areas were only measured in duration.

Significant differences are in bold.