Table 2.
Experiment 1—Food Retrieval Behavior in the Presence of Animal-Like Objects
| Frequency(rate) | |||||
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| Lesion Group |
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| C | A | H | Effect of Object Complexity | ||
| Object Type | No Object | .74 ± .17 | .89 ± .05 | .86 ± .07 | F(2, 42)=11.63, p<.0001, ηp2=.356 |
| Simple Object | .59 ± .18 | .72 ± .14 | .75 ± .14 | ||
| Complex Object | .53 ± .16 | .56 ± .13 | .75 ±. 16 | ||
| Lesion X Object Complexity | |||||
| Effect of Lesion | F(2, 21)=.42, p<.66, ηp2=.038 | F(4, 42)=1.04, p<.40, ηp2=.090 | |||
| A v. C, n.s.; H v. C, n.s; A v. H, n.s. | |||||
| Latency (seconds) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesion Group |
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| C | A | H | Effect of Object Complexity | ||
| Object Type | No Object | 19.15 ± 4.48 | 6.99 ± 2.26 | 10.15 ± 2.54 | F(2, 42)=23.96, p<.0001, ηp2=.533 |
| Simple Object | 13.69 ± 5.01 | 12.02 ± 3.64 | 13.69 ± 3.92 | ||
| Complex Object | 15.86 ± 4.29 | 15.95 ± 3.25 | 15.86 ± 3.41 | ||
| Lesion X Object Complexity | |||||
| Effect of Lesion | F(2, 21)=.20, p<.82, ηp2=.019 | F(4, 42)=.39, p<.82, ηp2=.036 | |||
| A v. C, n.s.; H v. C, n.s; A v. H, n.s. | |||||
Note: C: control group; A: amygdala-lesioned group; H: hippocampus-lesioned group. Means ± standard errors. Lesion groups were compared using Mann-Whitney tests.