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Title: | T-pattern analysis for the study of temporal structure of animal and human behavior : a comprehensive review |
Authors: | Casarrubea, Maurizio Jonsson, Gudberg Konrad Faulisi, Fabiana Sorbera, Filippina Di Giovanni, Giuseppe Benigno, Arcangelo Crescimanno, Giuseppe Magnusson, Magnus S. |
Keywords: | Multivariate analysis Social interaction Behavioral sciences Time perception |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Citation: | Casarrubea, M., Jonsson, G. K., Faulisi, F., Sorbera, F., Di Giovanni, G., Benigno, A., Crescimanno, G., & Magnusson, M. (2014). T-pattern analysis for the study of temporal structure of animal and human behavior: a comprehensive review. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 239, 34-46. |
Abstract: | A basic tenet in the realm of modern behavioral sciences is that behavior consists of patterns in time. For this reason, investigations of behavior deal with sequences that are not easily perceivable by the unaided observer. This problem calls for improved means of detection, data handling and analysis. This review focuses on the analysis of the temporal structure of behavior carried out by means of a multivariate approach known as T-pattern analysis. Using this technique, recurring sequences of behavioral events, usually hard to detect, can be unveiled and carefully described. T-pattern analysis has been successfully applied in the study of various aspects of human or animal behavior such as behavioral modifications in neuro-psychiatric diseases, route-tracing stereotypy in mice, interaction between human subjects and animal or artificial agents, hormonal-behavioral interactions, patterns of behavior associated with emesis and, in our laboratories, exploration and anxiety-related behaviors in rodents. After describing the theory and concepts of T-pattern analysis, this review will focus on the application of the analysis to the study of the temporal characteristics of behavior in different species from rodents to human beings. This work could represent a useful background for researchers who intend to employ such a refined multivariate approach to the study of behavior. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/22419 |
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