Table 3.

Statistical data of the validation in juvenile fish (Experiment 2) shown in Fig. 3a–c.

Experiment	Compared groups	Measure	Estimate	SE	n	t-value	p-value
2 (buspirone on juvenile behaviour)	vehicle vs wash-out	choice index	0.29	0.25	14 vs 11	1.172	0.250
		deep/total arm entries	−0.07	0.10		−0.774	0.445
		mean velocity	−2.42	0.98		−2.462	0.020*
	vehicle vs permanent	choice index	0.74	0.24	14 vs 12	3.036	0.005*
		deep/total arm entries	−0.04	0.09		−0.465	0.646
		mean velocity	−3.92	0.94		−4.147	0.0003*

We set treatment “vehicle” as reference level in the fitted linear mixed model. P-values in red with asterix represent significant difference from vehicle treated group. Values in orange represent marginal significance.