List of Labels - RodentDataAnalytics/mwm-ml-gen GitHub Wiki
For more information about the strategies refer to the Gehring et al..
Classes of Behaviour (Strategies)
Thigmotaxis. The animal moves exclusively on the periphery of the arena and most of the time it touches the walls of the arena.
Incursion. The animal starts to distant itself from the arena periphery and inward movements are visible.
Scanning. A behaviour associated with random searches which are more focused in the center of the pool. Another characteristic of this behaviour is that the animal rapidly turns away from the arena walls if it touches them [1].
Focused Search. This behaviour also associates with random searches but here the animal actively searches a particular small region of the arena.
Chaining Response. A behaviour first observed in the study of Wolfer et al. [2] where the animal has memorized the distance of the platform from the arena wall and swims circularly in order to find it.
Self Orienting. The animal performs a loop and orients itself inside the arena [1].
Scanning Surroundings. The animal crosses a region very close to the platform of the arena but it does not limit itself there [3].
Scanning Target. The animal actively searches for the arena by swapping paths around it.
Other Strategies
Direct Finding. The animal moves straight to the arena. Unsegmented trajectories are automatically assigned to this strategy.
Approaching Target. The animal calibrates its direction towards the platform [1].
Citations:
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Graziano, A., Petrosini, L., & Bartoletti, A. (2003). Automatic recognition of explorative strategies in the Morris water maze. Journal of neuroscience methods, 130(1), 33-44.
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Wolfer, D. P., & Lipp, H. P. (2000). Dissecting the behaviour of transgenic mice: is it the mutation, the genetic background, or the environment?. Experimental physiology, 85(6), 627-634.