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. 2015 May 12;9:116. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00116

Table 3.

Morris water maze—escape latency, distance moved, and swimming speed: statistical significances of the between-group factors (type, strain, and sex) and within-group factors (session) as well as their interactions.

VISIBLE PLATFORM TASK
Between-group factors Latency Distance moved Swimming speed
F(1, 138) p F(1, 138) p F(1, 138) p
Type 665.03 <0.001 424.95 <0.001 15.29 <0.001
Strain 100.00 <0.001 0.01 n.s. 148.94 <0.001
Sex 0.70 n.s. 1.18 n.s. 2.41 n.s.
Type:Strain 31.43 <0.001 15.00 <0.001 58.87 <0.001
Type:Sex 0.11 n.s. 0.03 n.s. 1.62 n.s.
Strain:Sex 4.91 n.s. 0.07 n.s. 3.88 0.043
Type:Strain:Sex 0.57 n.s. 0.17 n.s. 0.01 n.s.
Within-group factors F(4, 552) p F(4, 552) p F(4, 552) p
Session 221.38 <0.001 251.08 <0.001 13.52 <0.001
Type:Session 15.50 <0.001 17.14 <0.001 2.22 n.s.
Strain:Session 1.66 n.s. 0.47 n.s. 7.08 <0.001
Sex:Session 1.62 n.s. 0.95 n.s. 0.90 n.s.
Type:Strain:Session 14.23 <0.001 11.25 <0.001 0.95 n.s.
Type:Sex:Session 0.68 n.s. 2.79 <0.001 0.09 n.s.
Strain:Sex:Session 2.01 n.s. 0.80 n.s. 0.21 n.s.
Type:Strain:Sex:Session 2.62 0.037 1.50 n.s. 0.85 n.s.
REVERSAL HIDDEN PLATFORM TASK
Between-group factors Latency Distance moved Swimming speed
F(1, 138) p F(1, 138) p F(1, 138) p
Type 291.22 <0.001 192.35 <0.001 57.66 <0.001
Strain 6.71 0.005 89.06 <0.001 163.72 <0.001
Sex 0.66 n.s. 3.50 n.s. 2.72 n.s.
Type:Strain 11.03 0.008 176.79 <0.001 60.70 <0.001
Type:Sex 0.07 n.s. 0.48 n.s. 0.14 n.s.
Strain:Sex 4.45 0.025 0.01 n.s. 2.48 0.048
Type:Strain:Sex 0.05 n.s. 1.50 n.s. 0.43 n.s.
Within-group factors F(5, 690) p F(5, 690) p F(5, 690) p
Session 28.67 <0.001 43.91 <0.001 16.82 <0.001
Type:Session 15.68 <0.001 20.09 <0.001 5.42 <0.001
Strain:Session 1.13 n.s. 1.33 n.s. 0.47 n.s.
Sex:Session 1.09 n.s. 1.11 n.s. 0.62 n.s.
Type:Strain:Session 1.21 n.s. 1.75 0.025 0.45 n.s.
Type:Sex:Session 0.13 n.s. 0.82 n.s. 0.92 n.s.
Strain:Sex:Session 2.07 n.s. 0.90 n.s. 1.05 n.s.
Type:Strain:Sex:Session 1.79 n.s. 1.26 n.s. 0.18 n.s.

Permutational Three-Way ANOVA with repeated measurements.