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Table 4 Summary of the statistical results obtained in the linear mixed-effects model (best model)

From: Effects of reduced kinematic and social play experience on affective appraisal of human-rat play in rats

Fixed effects

Estimate

Std. Error

p Value

(a) 50-kHz USV best model

Intercept (control, Batch A)

136.27

26.705

 < 0.001

Socially reduced

 − 33.35

18.74

0.08

Kinetically reduced

 − 8.59

18.77

0.64

Days

3.09

0.742

 < 0.001

Order

4.31

1.84

0.03

Batch B

 − 25.56

24.51

0.31

Batch C

 − 23.58

26.67

0.40

(b) 22-kHz USV best model

Intercept (control, Batch A)

 − 0.72

0.33

0.03

Days

0.17

0.01

 < 0.001

Batch B

2.13

0.45

 < 0.001

Batch C

 − 0.01

0.45

0.99

(c) USV emission by contact periods best model

Intercept (control, no contact)

0.80

0.23

0.003

Socially reduced

 − 0.38

0.32

0.26

Kinematically reduced

 − 0.46

0.32

0.18

Ventral contact

1.24

0.05

 < 0.001

Dorsal contact

1.22

0.05

 < 0.001

  1. Statistically significant effects are in bold