A behavioural syndrome, but less evidence for a relationship with cognitive traits in a spatial orientation context

Table 1 Repeatability (R_A) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for each personality and cognitive trait

Personality/cognitive trait	Behavioural test	Confounding factors	N	R_A	95% CI	p value
Activity	Open Field	generation + generation²	186/96	0.404 ± 0.086	[0.226, 0.552]	<0.001
Activity	Y Maze	-	184/96	0.598 ± 0.064	[0.456, 0.705]	<0.001
Boldness	Scare Test	-	94/56	0.256 ± 0.145	[0.000, 0.534]	<0.001
Boldness	Open Field	trial number + observer	186/96	0.319 ± 0.097	[0.115, 0.502]	<0.001
Exploration	Novel Object	housing condition	131/69	0.328 ± 0.113	[0.097, 0.531]	<0.001
Exploration	Novel Environment	trial number	119/60	0.221 ± 0.119	[0.000, 0.432]	<0.001
Spatial recognition	Y Maze	-	184/96	0.200 ± 0.104	[0.000, 0.429]	0.002
Spatial learning performance	Spatial Orientation Task	trial number	110/57	0.127 ± 0.116	[0.000, 0.382]	0.042
Decision accuracy	Spatial Orientation Task	-	102/56	0.125 ± 0.122	[0.000, 0.411]	1.000
Decision speed	Spatial Orientation Task	observer + run number	1156/56	0.263 ± 0.027	[0.211, 0.313]	<0.001

Generation was fitted as a quadratic function. Sample sizes (N) are given as observations/individuals. Significant repeatability values are marked bold

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