Table 3 Flavour selectivity in cue-selective neurons recorded in sham rats, statistics.

From: Orbitofrontal lesions eliminate signalling of biological significance in cue-responsive ventral striatal neurons

 

Time X direction

Planned comparisons (each tests whether indices are significantly shifted from zero):

Absolute value of indices late in blocks, preferred versus anti-preferred

  

Preferred direction

Anti-preferred direction

 
  

Early in blocks

Late in blocks

Early in blocks

Late in blocks

 

F

0.7

3.4

1.5

1.4

0.4

16.6

df

1,65

1,65

1,65

1,65

1,65

1,65

P

0.41

0.07

0.22

0.23

0.55

<0.001

  1. Listed are the results of within-subjects ANOVA on flavour-selectivity indices across cue-selective neurons, with factors time (early or late in blocks) and direction (preferred or anti-preferred). These results show that neurons do not in general prefer chocolate or vanilla in any condition. For the last column, the magnitude of the indices (absolute value) was compared between the preferred and anti-preferred directions late in blocks. This significant result demonstrates that neurons show greater selectivity to flavour on the preferred side. df, degrees of freedom. Bolded P-values indicate those meeting the criterion for significance (<0.05).
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