Mice carry out a finite number of stereotyped behaviors while foraging (IMAGE)

University of Utah Health

Mice carry out a finite number of stereotyped behaviors while foraging

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Machine learning algorithms showed that as mice foraged for food, they strung together a finite number of stereotyped behavioral sequences like building blocks, interspersing them with spontaneous behaviors to construct more complex behavior patterns.

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Cornelia Stacher-Hörndli, PhD

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