Topic: DeepOF

Animals and humans adapt to environmental changes by encoding prior experiences. While classical conditioning paradigms like fear conditioning have been the main focus in the learning and memory field, other forms of associative learning are gaining attention. One example is higher-order conditioning, mediated learning, which allows non-reinforced neutral stimuli to induce attraction or aversion through associations with directly reinforced cues. In rodents, sensory preconditioning, and second-order conditioning tasks have been used to assess higher-order conditioning. In this study, we develo

Social interaction is a core aspect of mammalian behavior, and alterations in social behaviors are found across many neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions. Mice display a range of socioemotional behaviors and are commonly used as models to investigate the neuronal circuits and molecular mechanisms underlying differences in social behaviors. Analyzing social interactions in mice is often done by manual quantification of videos. Although multiple methods for automated tracking have been developed, reliable tracking and automated behavioral classification of multiple freely-moving unmarke