Journal of Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
38(24), P. 5456 - 5465
Published: May 7, 2018
Sensory
systems
evolve
in
the
ecological
niches
that
each
species
is
occupying.
Accordingly,
encoding
of
natural
stimuli
by
sensory
neurons
expected
to
be
adapted
statistics
these
stimuli.
For
a
direct
quantification
scenes,
we
tracked
communication
behavior
male
and
female
weakly
electric
fish,
Apteronotus
rostratus,
their
Neotropical
rainforest
habitat
with
high
spatiotemporal
resolution
over
several
days.
In
context
courtship,
observed
large
quantities
electrocommunication
signals.
Echo
responses,
acknowledgment
signals,
synchronizing
role
spawning
demonstrated
behavioral
relevance
both
courtship
aggressive
contexts,
robust
responses
stimulus
regimes
have
so
far
been
neglected
electrophysiological
studies
this
well
characterized
system
are
beyond
range
known
best
frequency
amplitude
tuning
electroreceptor
afferents9
firing
rate
modulation.
Our
results
emphasize
importance
quantifying
scenes
derived
from
freely
behaving
animals
habitats
for
understanding
function
evolution
neural
systems.
SIGNIFICANCE
STATEMENT
The
processing
mechanisms
evolved
lives
organisms.
To
understand
functioning
therefore
requires
probing
them
which
they
evolved.
We
took
advantage
continuously
generated
fields
fish
explore
electrosensory
habitat.
Unexpectedly,
many
signals
recorded
during
spawning,
aggression
had
much
smaller
amplitudes
or
higher
frequencies
than
used
neurophysiological
characterizations
system.
demonstrate
essential
avoid
biases
choice
probe
brain
function.
Annual Review of Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
40(1), P. 479 - 498
Published: May 10, 2017
Trial-to-trial
variability
in
the
execution
of
movements
and
motor
skills
is
ubiquitous
widely
considered
to
be
unwanted
consequence
a
noisy
nervous
system.
However,
recent
studies
have
suggested
that
may
also
feature
how
sensorimotor
systems
operate
learn.
This
view,
rooted
reinforcement
learning
theory,
equates
with
purposeful
exploration
space
that,
when
coupled
reinforcement,
can
drive
learning.
Here
we
review
explore
relationship
between
both
humans
animal
models.
We
discuss
neural
circuit
mechanisms
underlie
generation
regulation
consider
implications
this
work
has
for
our
understanding
BMC Biology,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Feb. 23, 2018
The
need
for
high-throughput,
precise,
and
meaningful
methods
measuring
behavior
has
been
amplified
by
our
recent
successes
in
manipulating
neural
circuitry.
largest
challenges
associated
with
moving
this
direction,
however,
are
not
technical
but
instead
conceptual:
what
numbers
should
one
put
on
the
movements
an
animal
is
performing
(or
performing)?
In
review,
I
will
describe
how
theoretical
data
analytical
ideas
interfacing
recently-developed
computational
experimental
methodologies
to
answer
these
questions
across
a
variety
of
contexts,
length
scales,
time
scales.
attempt
highlight
commonalities
between
approaches
areas
where
further
advances
necessary
place
same
quantitative
footing
as
other
scientific
fields.
Journal of Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
38(44), P. 9383 - 9389
Published: Oct. 31, 2018
Localizing
the
sources
of
stimuli
is
essential.
Most
organisms
cannot
eat,
mate,
or
escape
without
knowing
where
relevant
originate.
For
many,
if
not
most,
animals,
olfaction
plays
an
essential
role
in
search.
While
microorganismal
chemotaxis
relatively
well
understood,
larger
animals
algorithms
and
mechanisms
olfactory
search
remain
mysterious.
In
this
symposium,
we
will
present
recent
advances
our
understanding
flies
rodents.
Despite
their
different
sizes
behaviors,
both
species
must
solve
similar
problems,
including
meeting
challenges
turbulent
airflow,
sampling
environment
to
optimize
information,
incorporating
odor
information
into
broader
navigational
systems.
Videos
of
animal
behavior
are
used
to
quantify
researcher-defined
behaviors
interest
study
neural
function,
gene
mutations,
and
pharmacological
therapies.
Behaviors
often
scored
manually,
which
is
time-consuming,
limited
few
behaviors,
variable
across
researchers.
We
created
DeepEthogram:
software
that
uses
supervised
machine
learning
convert
raw
video
pixels
into
an
ethogram,
the
present
in
each
frame.
DeepEthogram
designed
be
general-purpose
applicable
species,
video-recording
hardware.
It
convolutional
networks
compute
motion,
extract
features
from
motion
images,
classify
behaviors.
classified
with
above
90%
accuracy
on
single
frames
videos
mice
flies,
matching
expert-level
human
performance.
accurately
predicts
rare
requires
little
training
data,
generalizes
subjects.
A
graphical
interface
allows
beginning-to-end
analysis
without
end-user
programming.
DeepEthogram's
rapid,
automatic,
reproducible
labeling
may
accelerate
enhance
analysis.
Code
available
at:
https://github.com/jbohnslav/deepethogram.
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
32(3)
Published: Feb. 16, 2018
Timely
and
overall
knowledge
of
the
states
resource
allocation
diverse
activities
on
construction
sites
is
critical
to
leveling,
progress
tracking,
productivity
analysis.
Despite
its
importance,
this
task
still
performed
manually.
Previous
studies
have
taken
a
significant
step
forward
in
introducing
computer
vision
technologies,
although
they
been
oriented
toward
limited
classes
objects
or
types
activities.
Furthermore,
especially
focus
single
activity
recognition,
where
an
image
contains
only
execution
by
one
few
objects.
This
paper
introduces
two-step
method
for
recognizing
site
images.
It
detects
22
construction-related
using
convolutional
neural
networks.
With
detected,
semantic
relevance
representing
likelihood
cooperation
coexistence
between
two
activity,
spatial
two-dimensional
pixel
proximity
coordinates,
patterns
are
defined
recognize
17
The
advantage
proposed
potential
concurrent
fully
automatic
way.
Therefore,
it
possible
save
managers'
valuable
time
manual
data
collection
concentrate
their
attention
solving
problems
that
necessarily
demand
expertise.