Chapter 1 Exploratory Behavior Profiles
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Raising STEM Awareness Among
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Apart of the panel on Engaging with social Media
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AnnaLynn Harris*, Danielle N. Lee+, and Zuleyma Tang-Martínez+ *Normandy Senior High School, St. Louis, Missouri
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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/urban-scientist/2012/12/03/intersection-of-culture-and-science-hiphop-feminism-sex-sexual-selection/
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- 1. What behavioral syndrome? Individual differences and multiple exploratory behavioral profiles in prairie voles Danielle N. Lee* & Zuleyma Tang-Mart í nez Department of Biology University of Missouri-St. Louis
- 11. Microtus ochrogaster prairie vole
- 19. Open-field with novel objects test Components PC 1 explains 46.9% of the variance PC 2 explains 18.7 % PC 3 explains 12.5 % N = 102 58 females 44 males 1 2 3 Latency to depart start box -.353 -.243 .866 Total squares visited .638 .656 -.046 Returns -.711 .303 -.250 Time in novel environment .820 .476 .166 Time with novelties .675 .015 .235 Visits to center squares -.624 .603 .288 Visits to edge squares .945 .005 .106 Ratio of visits to center: edge squares .553 -.573 -.105
- 20. Exploratory maze test PC 1 explains 58% of the variance PC 2 explains 19% N = 98 53 females 45 males Components 1 2 Latency to depart start box -.593 .526 Returns .306 -.857 Visits to arm 1 .787 .139 Visits to arm 2 .818 .279 Visits to arm 3 .888 .069 Sum of visits to all arms .979 .179
- 21. Novel choice apparatus test Components PC 1 explains 54% of the variance PC 2 explains18% PC3 explains 13 % N = 141 83 females 58 males 1 2 3 Latency to depart start box .753 -.316 .154 Time to reach 1 st terminal .860 -.316 .103 Time to reach 2 nd terminal .821 -.323 -.038 Total test time (minus latency) .906 -.347 .017
- 22. Correlations of Exploratory Scores across all three tests N = 51 26 females 25 males No correlated suites of behavior across test situations. Open-field test Exploratory Score Novel choice test Exploratory Score Novel choice test Exploratory Score r = .075 p = .602 ------ Maze test Exploratory Score r = -.052 p = .717 r = -.265 p = .060