Benjamin Voloh, David J-N Maisson, Roberto Lopez Cervera, Indirah Conover, Mrunal Zambre, Benjamin Hayden, Jan Zimmermann
Our natural behavioral repertoires include coordinated actions of characteristic types. To better understand how neural activity relates to the expression of actions and action switches, we studied macaques performing a freely moving foraging task in an open environment. We developed a novel analysis pipeline that can identify meaningful units of behavior, corresponding to recognizable actions such as sitting, walking, jumping, and climbing. On the basis of transition probabilities between these actions, we found that behavior is organized in a modular and hierarchical fashion...
August 31, 2023: Cell Reports