Table 1 Statistical analyses.

From: Individual-specific strategies inform category learning

Comparison

Figure

N

Mean

Stand. dev.

Test

Statistic

P-value

Initial bias significance

1D

19 mice

-0.032

0.303

One-sample Student’s t-test

\(-0.253\)

0.803

Accuracy of control vs. muscimol

1F

20 session pairs, 6 mice

Control: 0.92, musc: 0.80

Control: 0.04, musc: 0.12

Wilcoxon sign-rank test

11.0

2e−04

Choice bias drift vs. psychometric threshold variability

2C

18 mice

Training drift: 0.13, thresh. var: 0.03

Training drift: 0.09, thresh. var: 0.02

Spearman’s rho

0.67

2e−03

Choice bias drift vs. psychometric slope variability

2D

18 mice

Training drift: 0.13, slope. var: 0.07

Training drift: 0.09, slope. var: 0.03

Spearman’s rho

0.437

0.08

Choice bias drift vs. psychometric guess rate variability

2E

18 mice

Training drift: 0.13, GR. var: 0.12

Training drift: 0.09, GR. var: 0.05

Spearman’s rho

0.057

0.823

Choice bias drift vs. psychometric lapse rate variability

2F

18 mice

Training drift: 0.13, LR. var: 0.05

Training drift: 0.09, LR. var: 0.03

Spearman’s rho

0.143

0.57

Drifting slope vs stationary

3B

Drifting: 8 mice, stationary: 9 mice

Drifting: −1.8e−03, stationary: −3.5e−04

Drifting: 1.2e−03, stationary: 1.1e−03

One-sided Mann-Whitney U-test

71.0

0.013

Drifting BIC comparison vs stationary

4B

Drifting: 8 mice, stationary: 9 mice

N/A

N/A

Proportions Z-test

2.8

4e−03

Beta term vs history-dependent choice probability

4D

19 mice

Beta term: 0.55, HD: 0.49

Beta term: 0.38, HD: 0.02

Spearman’s rho

\(-0.67\)

2e−03

Beta term vs lose-switch probability

4E

19 mice

Beta term: 0.55, LS: 0.48

Beta term: 0.38, LS: 0.06

Spearman’s rho

\(-0.7\)

1e−03

Beta term vs win-stay probability

4F

19 mice

Beta term: 0.55, WS: 0.50

Beta term: 0.38, WS: 0.02

Spearman’s rho

\(-0.07\)

0.78

Lose-switch early vs late

4G

19 mice

Early: 0.41, late: 0.61

Early: 0.08, late: 0.09

Wilcoxon sign-rank test

1.0

7.6e−06

Win-stay early vs late

4H

19 mice

Early: 0.51, late: 0.48

Early: 0.04, late: 0.03

Wilcoxon sign-rank test

35.0

0.014

Lose-switch probability vs session number

4I

19 mice

LSP: 0.51, sess: 13.4

LSP: 0.13, sess: 8.6

OLS model

13.6

4e−35

Win-stay probability vs session number

4J

19 mice

WSP: 0.50, sess: 13.4

WSP: 0.051, sess: 8.6

OLS model

\(-6.0\)

5.2e−09