MWM results for animal age groups
| Age (months) | Training | Probe trial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latency (s) | Path (cm) | Velocity (cm/s) | Latency (s) | Path (cm) | Velocity (cm/s) | |
| 3 | 15.7 ± 3.5 | 554 ± 143 | 35.4 ± 3.3 | 16.5 ± 4.5 | 525 ± 155 | 30.9 ± 1.2 |
| 6 | 19 ± 5.7 | 580 ± 171 | 30.1 ± 0.9 | 19.4 ± 7 | 625 ± 233 | 32.2 ± 1.3 |
| 9 | 20 ± 5.8 | 647 ± 168 | 34.4 ± 0.9 | 23.2 ± 6.2 | 823 ± 205 | 37.3 ± 1.1 |
| 12 | 40.3 ± 6.8* | 1152 ± 187* | 29.1 ± 1.1* | 27.3 ± 8.3 | 827 ± 237 | 35.4 ± 2.3 |
| 23 | 49.9 ± 3.8* | 1110 ± 069* | 21.9 ± 1.2* | 44.1 ± 6.6* | 1120 ± 165 | 25.6 ± 1.0* |
| p value | 0.000065 | 0.016091 | 0.000032 | 0.043672 | 0.287534 | 0.000017 |
Retention data from last two training trials (left) and probe trial (right). Latency, Time from entry to goal; Path, swim distance to goal; Velocity, swim speed;
↵ p value from one-way ANOVA test (n = 42); *also significant post hoc pairwise Tukey's contrast versus 3 month group.