Behavioural Changes in Mice after Getting Accustomed to the Mirror

Figure 6

Tape on the head test after they spent the night with the mirror. (a) A sample picture of a home cage with a mirror. (b) The schematic diagram of the home cage with the mirror. Graphs showing (c) the total distance travelled, (d) the time spent in the area, and (e) the time spent in front of the board or mirror. (g) Graph showing the individual times spent in front of the board or mirror during the tape on the head test by control taped mice that did not spend the night with the mirror and overnight taped mice that spent the night with the mirror. All data are presented as box plots (c–e). represents a significant difference compared to the controls (). The values were calculated using Student’s -test (c) and the paired -test (d and e).

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