Effects of behavioural types on the problem-solving performance of wild house mice under controlled and semi-natural conditions

Animals often face challenges that require them to come up with solutions to novel problems or to find new solutions to existing ones; i.e., they need to innovate. However, not all individuals in a population are equally likely to solve novel problems, and it is unclear which individual characteristics make a successful innovator. Theoretical frameworks suggest the importance of intrinsic (e.g., individual characteristics) and extrinsic (e.g., study condition) factors on problem-solving performance. Such frameworks have been empirically tested in model, highly neophobic species, leaving the generality of these processes unclear. We examined whether behavioural traits such as exploration and risk-taking are linked to problem-solving behaviour, using two replicated populations (N=121) of wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) living under semi-natural conditions. There, we presented a battery of four problem-solving setups that individuals could access voluntarily, and we tested the mi..., , , # Effects of behavioural types on the problem-solving performance of wild house mice under controlled and semi-natural conditions

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ffbg79d2g](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ffbg79d2g)

Data and code related to the manuscript \"Impact of personality on the problem-solving performance of wild house mice under controlled and semi-natural conditions.\"

## Description of the data and file structure

There are three files accompanying this manuscript.

* \"OpenField.csv\", containing data produced during the Open Field test of the mice.
It contains the following columns:
* Trial: the ascending number of the trial analysed in the system
* id: the 3- or 4- digit id of the individuals
* idshort: the 6-digit id of the individuals
* distance: the total distance covered by the individuals in the Open Field (cm) over 300 s
* velocity: the average velocity (cm/s)
* timecenter: time spent in the central zone of the Open Field (s)
* pctcenter: percentage of ti...