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. 2020 Sep 24;8:e10025. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10025

Table 2. Summary of the mean proportions of correct responses of the three lemur species in all tasks and scales of the PCTB.

Ruffed lemurs Ring-tailed lemurs Mouse lemurs
Trials Chance n M adj p SD 95% CI n M adj p SD 95% CI n M adj p SD 95% CI
Physical domain
Space 46.8 8 51, 58 44.2 7 42. 47 50.8 7 47, 55
Spatial memory 6 33 13 53.9 0.017 23 42, 66 27 55.6 0.001 17 49, 62 15 66.7 0.004 18 58, 68
Object permanence 18 33 13 47.9 0.006 12 41, 55 27 38.3 0.112 15 32, 44 12 42.1 0.074 10 36, 48
Rotation 18 33 13 45.3 0.014 10 40, 51 26 41.0 0.002 9 37, 45 12 47.7 0.008 9 43, 53
Transposition 18 33 13 40.2 0.052 13 33, 47 27 42.2 0.001 11 38, 46 12 41.2 0.019 12 35, 48
Quantities 66.4 12 60, 73 58.5 11 54, 63 63.9 6 60, 68
Relative numbers 16 50 13 62.0 0.006 7 58, 66 27 60.4 0.007 10 57, 64 9 66.0 0.019 11 59, 73
Addition numbers 14 50 13 70.9 0.014 20 60, 82 26 60.2 0.003 13 55, 65 9 61.9 0.019 8 57, 67
Causality 51.0 7 47, 55 48.6 7 46, 51 44.0 4 42, 46
Noise 12 50 13 63.5 0.015 13 56, 71 27 59.3 0.002 10 55, 63 15 50.0 0.958 17 41, 59
Shape 12 50 13 76.9 0.006 15 69, 85 27 72.8 0.001 10 69, 77 15 70.6 0.004 12 65, 77
Tool use 1 13 0.0 - - - 27 3.7 19 −4, 11 15 0.0 -
Tool properties 30 50 13 63.6 0.013 12 57, 70 27 58.6 0.001 8 56, 62 15 55.6 0.040 9 51, 60
Social domain
Social learning 3 - 13 0.0 - - - 26 0.0 - - 12 0.0 - -
Communication 53.1 12 47, 60 49.6 11 46, 54 52.1 9 47, 57
Comprehension 18 50 13 70.9 0.006 10 66, 76 27 70.8 0.001 13 66, 76 13 65.4 0.008 11 59, 72
Pointing cups 8 50 13 53.9 0.220 9 49, 59 27 55.1 0.050 12 51, 59 15 68.3 0.008 16 60, 76
Attentional state 4 13 34.6 - 28 19, 50 26 21.2 22 13, 30 14 25.0 22 14, 36
Theory of mind 43.7 10 45, 57 56.8 18 50, 64 51.4 11 39, 49
Gaze following 9 20 (bl) 13 23.9 0.326 17 15, 33 27 30.0 0.340 33 18, 42 15 11.1 0.713 17 2, 20
Intentions 12 50 13 78.9 0.006 13 72, 86 27 83.6 0.001 15 78, 89 15 71.1 0.004 10 66, 76

Notes.

Numbers in boldface: Significant deviations from chance level (Wilcoxon tests).

Trials
number of trials per task
chance
chance-level for each task
n
number of participating individuals
M
means of performance
adj
adjusted p-values (Benjamini-Hochberg-corrections)
SD
standard deviation
CI
confidence interval
bl
baseline calculated from control condition