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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychobiol. 2010 Jul;52(5):487–503. doi: 10.1002/dev.20451

Table 3.

Experiment 1— Exploration of Animal-Like Objects

Frequency (rate)
Lesion Group
C A H Effect of Object Complexity
Trial Type Simple Object 0 ± 0 .16 ± .09 .13 ± .07 F(1, 21)=.00003, p<.99, ηp2=.000
Complex Object 0 ± 0 .32 ± .15 0 ± 0
Lesion X Object Complexity
Effect of Lesion F(2, 21)=3.32, p<.06, ηp2=.240 F(2, 21)=4.21, p<.03, ηp2=.286
A>C, p<.011; H>C, p<.064; A v. H, n.s.
Duration (seconds)
Lesion Group
C A H Effect of Object Complexity
Object Type Simple Object 0 ± 0 1.23 ± .73 .27 ± .17 F(1, 21)=.082, p<.78, ηp2=.004
Complex Object 0 ± 0 1.39 ± .67 0 ± 0
Lesion X Object Complexity
Effect of Lesion F(2, 21)=5.58, p<.01, ηp2=.347 F(2, 21)=.43, p<.65, ηp2=.040
A>C, p<.011; H>C, p<.064; A v. H, n.s.
Latency(seconds)
Lesion Group
C A H Effect of Object Complexity
Object Type Simple Object 30 ± 0 27.36 ± 1.48 28.69 ± .85 F(1, 21)=.27, p<.61, ηp2=.013
Complex Object 30 ± 0 25.13 ± 2.21 30 ± 0
Lesion X Object Complexity
Effect of Lesion F(2, 21)=3.78, p<.04, ηp2=.26 F(2, 21)=3.11, p<.07, ηp2=.229
A>C, p<.011; H>C, p<.064; 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.

data used in ANOVA was log transformed.