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. 2018 May 24;6:e4830. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4830

Table 2. Correlations (Spearman correlation coefficients) between each behavioural measure and brain serotonin levels in different brain macro-areas: forebrain, diencephalon, optic tectum, cerebellum and brain stem; for two experimental treatments: conspecific introduced to cleaner and client introduced to cleaner.

Significant correlations are highlighted in bold and marked with * for p < 0.05, that correlation was true for the false discovery rate test.

Behaviour Brain macro-areas
Forebrain Diencephalon Optic tectum Cerebellum Brain stem
Conspecific N = 8
Number of interactions r =  − 0.6299*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5040*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.6299*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.6299*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.7559*
P < 0.0001
Average interaction time r =  − 0.6547*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5144*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5923*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5923*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.7638*
P < 0.0001
Cleaning bites r =  − 0.5774*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.4124*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.2474*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.2474*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5774*
P < 0.0001
Proportion of interactions with tactile stimulation r =  − 0.6547*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5144*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5923*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5923*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.7638*
P < 0.0001
Proportion of time spent providing tactile stimulation r =  − 0.6547*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5144*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5923*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.5923*
P < 0.0001
r =  − 0.7638*
P < 0.0001
Incidence of chases r = 0.1559
P = 0.75
r = 0.7326
P = 0.0714
r = 0.5455
P = 0.1786
r = 0.4364
P = 0.3214
r = 0.4053
P = 0.3571
Client N = 10
Number of interactions r =  − 0.2317
P = 0.5060
r =  − 0.7012*
P = 0.0261
r = 0.2622
P = 0.4618
r =  − 0.01220
P = 0.9665
r =  − 0.3537
P = 0.3056
Average interaction time r =  − 0.2364
P = 0.5135
r = 0.2485
P = 0.4918
r =  − 0.6606*
P = 0.0438
r =  − 0.3455
P = 0.3304
r =  − 0.7212*
P = 0.0234
Cleaning bites r =  − 0.2614
P = 0.4527
r =  − 0.4499
P = 0.1864
r =  − 0.1581
P = 0.6491
r =  − 0.1945
P = 0.6491
r =  − 0.6201
P = 0.0576
Proportion of interactions with tactile stimulation r = 0.05839
P = 0.8775
r =  − 0.1752
P = 0.4882
r = 0.4671
P = 0.1747
r = 0.5579
P = 0.0984
r = 0.6487*
P = 0.0492
Proportion of time spent providing tactile stimulation r =  − 0.3576
P = 0.3129
r = 0.1758
P = 0.6321
r =  − 0.1758
P = 0.6321
r =  − 0.3212
P = 0.3679
r =  − 0.1152
P = 0.7589
Frequency client jolts/100 s r = 0.1702
P = 0.6371
r = 0.5775
P = 0.0851
r =  − 0.7112*
P = 0.0240
r = 0.03040
P = 0.9382
r =  − 0.07295
P = 0.8298