failed to reach statistical significanceP ‐values > 0.05
The increase in advantageous choice of lesioned PDM during the exploitation phase failed to reach statistical significance (all P ‐values > 0.05; Fig. 2 E).
The increase in advantageous choice of lesioned PDM during the exploitation phase failed to reach statistical significance (all P ‐values > 0.05; Fig. 2 E).
The pronounced difference observed prior to surgery between GDM and PDM rats was reduced to a weak trend after the lesion (main effect of group: F 1,28 = 3.3, P = 0.08, p η 2 = 0.11), thereby further demonstrating that AIC lesions differentially influenced the performance of rats based on their ability to establish the optimal strategy in the task.