Table 3. Transition probabilities of strategies within trials for the control (left) and stress (right) group of animals.

	TT	IC	SC	FS	CR	SO	SS	ST
TT	–	0.505	0.035	0.234	0.022	0.036	0.153	0.015
IC	0.354	–	0.055	0.121	0.128	0.134	0.172	0.036
SC	0.220	0.307	–	0.098	0.033	0.081	0.168	0.094
FS	0.449	0.253	0.015	–	0.051	0.045	0.154	0.033
CR	0	0.302	0	0	–	0.372	0.326	0
SO	0.276	0.247	0.108	0.121	0.082	–	0.089	0.078
SS	0.322	0.267	0.060	0.040	0.139	0.057	–	0.116
ST	0.165	0.349	0.083	0.083	0	0.128	0.202	–

	TT	IC	SC	FS	CR	SO	SS	ST
TT	–	0.538	0.017	0.134	0.054	0.075	0.167	0.020
IC	0.515	–	0.054	0.108	0.073	0.071	0.156	0.023
SC	0.250	0.295	–	0.065	0.095	0.131	0.110	0.053
FS	0.268	0.421	0.025	–	0.101	0.046	0.117	0.021
CR	0.322	0.229	0.059	0.024	–	0.094	0.146	0.126
SO	0.313	0.357	0.057	0.042	0.061	–	0.146	0.024
SS	0.329	0.364	0.043	0.055	0.123	0.040	–	0.046
ST	0.281	0.302	0.024	0.132	0.059	0.021	0.181	–

Rows and columns indicate the starting and ending strategies respectively. Row values (for the same starting strategy) are normalised. Bold values indicate the most significant differences between the two groups. Results show a higher tendency for stressed vs non-stressed animals to move to less efficient strategies (thigmotaxis, incursion, and scanning - the ones where chances of finding the platform are reduced); this is in agreement with results from Fig. 5. TT = thigmotaxis, IC = incursion, SC = scanning, FS = focused search, CR = chaining reaction, SO = self orienting, SS = scanning surrounding, ST = scanning target.