Animal’s first visit side |
Left: animal had its snout within a max distance of 0.5 m around the left bowl |
Right: animal had its snout within a max distance of 0.5 m around the right bowl |
Latency to visit the first bowl |
Latency (seconds) from the opening of the starting area door until animal made a first visit |
Look at the experimenter |
Absent: no look at all after entry |
Glance: look less than 1 s after entry |
Stare: look more than 1s after entry |
Contact with the experimenter |
Presence: Any form of direct contact with experimenter 2: sniffing, touching, biting, stepping… |
Absence: no contact with experimenter 2 |
Trajectory |
Direct trajectory: straight walk to the bowl |
Indirect: non-straight walk to the bowl. Any contact with experimenter 2 before a visit was considered as an indirect trajectory. |