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Published in final edited form as: Behav Brain Res. 2016 May 16;311:147–159. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.05.032

Table 2. Event analysis: Multiple pairwise comparisons.

Multiple pairwise comparison tests from the event analysis (Mantel-Cox).

Age	Group 1	Group 2	Response rate	Reinforcer rate	Bout-initiation rate	Within-bout rate	Bout length
Adult	Control	NIM	0.78	0.51	0.93	0.77	0.85
	Control	MeHg	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*
	Control	MeHg + NIM	0.28	0.07	0.94	0.06	0.48
	NIM	MeHg	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*
	NIM	MeHg + NIM	0.60	0.78	0.91	0.52	0.85
	MeHg	MeHg + NIM	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*

Retired breeder	Control	NIM	0.88	0.95	0.97	0.97	0.99
	Control	MeHg	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*
	Control	MeHg + NIM	0.07	*<0.01*	*0.03*	*0.01*	*0.02*
	NIM	MeHg	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*
	NIM	MeHg + NIM	*0.04*	*<0.01*	*0.02*	*<0.01*	*<0.01*
	MeHg	MeHg + NIM	0.18	0.92	0.69	0.18	0.71

Adult vs. Retired breeder	MeHg	MeHg	0.41	0.97	0.98	*<0.01*	0.85
Adult vs. Retired breeder	MeHg + NIM	MeHg + NIM	*0.01*	*0.01*	*0.02*	*0.01*	*<0.01*

Bold and italicized p-values represent a significant difference between Group 1 and Group 2.