Fig. S2 from Learning of efficient behaviour in spatial exploration through observation of behaviour of conspecific in laboratory rats

Path diagrams illustrating the effect of observing demonstrator's behaviour on the transit time or total number of errors of the observer. A: Regression of number of observer errors by trial number and the number of demonstrator errors. The trial number correlated negatively with the number of observer errors [b = −0.16, B = −0.85, SE = 0.04, t (27) = −4.22, p < 0.001], whereas the number of demonstrator errors had no significant effect [b = 0.01, B = 0.00, SE = 0.26, t (27) = 0.02, N.S). The model explains approximately 73% of the variance in the number of observer errors [R2 = 0.729, F (2, 27) = 36.38, p < 0.001]. B: We regressed the observer transit time by trial number and demonstrator transit time. The demonstrator transit time correlated positively with the observer transit time [b = 0.37, B = 0.52, SE = 0.13, t (27) = 2.97, p < 0.01]. In addition, the effect of trial number was negatively related to the observer transit time [b = −4.22, B = −0.37, SE = 1.99, t (27) = −2.12, p < 0.05]. The model explains approximately 73% of the variance in observer transit time [R2 = 0.731, F (2, 27) = 36.62, p < 0.001]. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.0