Over the past years, numerous methods have emerged to automate the quantification of
animal behavior at a resolution not previously imaginable. This has opened up a new field of …

Best practices in preclinical algesiometry (pain behaviour testing) have shifted over the past
decade as a result of technological advancements, the continued dearth of translational …

The desire to understand how the brain generates and patterns behavior has driven rapid
methodological innovation in tools to quantify natural animal behavior. While advances in …

Mental disorders are a significant cause of disability worldwide. They profoundly affect
individuals' well-being and impose a substantial financial burden on societies and …

The study of naturalistic social behavior requires quantification of animals' interactions. This
is generally done through manual annotation—a highly time-consuming and tedious …

To study brain function, preclinical research heavily relies on animal monitoring and the
subsequent analyses of behavior. Commercial platforms have enabled semi high …

The ability to help and care for others fosters social cohesiveness and is vital to the physical
and emotional well-being of social species, including humans,–. Affiliative social touch, such …

Videos of animal behavior are used to quantify researcher-defined behaviors of interest to
study neural function, gene mutations, and pharmacological therapies. Behaviors of interest …

Contemporary pose estimation methods enable precise measurements of behavior via
supervised deep learning with hand-labeled video frames. Although effective in many cases …

Main In recent years, substantial advances in social neuroscience have been realized,
including the generation of numerous rodent models of autism spectrum disorder. Still, it can …