Data, Code, and Figures for "Flexible Behavior or Flexible Methods? A Cross-Taxon Review of Experimental Designs in Reversal Learning"

<h2 dir="ltr">Archive description</h2><p dir="ltr">This repository contains the full dataset, R-based analysis script, supporting information files, and figures associated with the manuscript <i>“Flexible behavior or flexible methods? A cross-taxon review of experimental designs in reversal learning,” </i>accepted for publication in <a href="doi.org/10.1162/OPMI.a.395" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><i>Open Mind: Discoveries in Cognitive Science</i></a>.

All files are structured to support reproducibility and transparency.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Contents</h2><ul><li><b>final_data.csv</b> – Primary coded dataset for all 350 articles included in the systematic review.</li><li><b>final_data_dc.csv</b> – Double-coded dataset used for inter-rater reliability analyses.</li><li><b>ncbi_data.csv</b> – Species counts retrieved from the NCBI Taxonomy Browser (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy; accessed May 14, 2025), used to assess taxonomic coverage.</li><li><b>data_analysis.Rmd</b> – R Markdown file containing all code required to reproduce the analyses reported in the manuscript.</li><li><b>data_analysis.html</b> – Knitted HTML output of the analysis script for easier navigation and review.</li><li><b>RL_lit_review.Rproj</b> – RStudio project file for organizing the working environment.</li><li><b>animal_shapes/</b> – Folder containing animal silhouettes used in Figure 3.</li><li><b>brms_models/</b> – All brms model files generated for robustness analyses, saved to bypass recompilation during knitting.</li><li><b>figures/</b> – Folder containing all manuscript figures.</li><li><b>supplementary_material/</b> – Folder containing supplementary tables S1–S3.</li></ul><p><br></p>