Also, bolder individuals tended to be faster explorers as indicated by the positive correlation close to significance between the latency to “body out” in the dark-light startle test and the latency to contact object in the novel object test.
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Multi-assay approach shows species-associated personality patterns in two socially distinct gerbil species.
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The random effect of animal ID was highly significant for all three PCs and ET, suggesting that repeated individual measurements were not independent and that there were consistent inter-individual differences in Boldness, Docility/Social shyness, Exploration/Anxiety, and trial execution speed in both species.