Comparison of the performances of young and adult horses in an attention attribution task.

<p>Percentage of correct responses for each cue type for both the youngsters in this study and adult horses reported in the study by Proops and McComb <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0067000#pone.0067000-Brauer2" target="_blank">[14]</a>. * = <i>p</i><0.05 (binomial probabilities, two-tailed predictions). Mixed¹ refers to the cue given to adult horses in which body and head cues were conflicting. Mixed² refers to the cue given to young horses in which head and eye cues were conflicting.