Fig. 1: PRL behavior was comparable between humans (left) and rats (right) performing similar versions of the task. | Communications Biology

Fig. 1: PRL behavior was comparable between humans (left) and rats (right) performing similar versions of the task.

From: Identification of conserved frontal neurophysiological markers of cognitive flexibility in humans and rats

Fig. 1

Although humans (n = 54; A) generally completed more reversals than rats (n = 11; B), the probability of repeating a previously rewarded target response (win-stay) was greater than the probability of abandoning a previously unrewarded target response (lose-shift) in both species. Target win-stay probability was positively associated with the number of completed reversals in both humans (C) and rats (D), while target lose-shift probability was negatively associated with reversals in both species. Greater beta values, indicating a greater likelihood to exploit known information to maximize rewards, positively correlated with the number of completed reversals in humans (E) and rats (F). Reversal data are presented using box plots marking the median value (center line), the 25th and 75th percentiles (the outer edges), and ± 1.5 times the interquartile range (the whiskers), as well as the mean (triangle) ± standard error of the mean (error bars).

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