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Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour.

Cristina Becchio¹, Kiri Pullar², Eugenio Scaliti³

¹Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.

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This perspective introduces kinematic coding, a framework for analyzing naturalistic behavior. It links structured bodily motion to cognitive states and social communication, enabling new research at the single-trial level.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Machine Learning
Behavioral Science

Background:

Growing interest in naturalistic behavior and machine learning for tracking it.
Unresolved questions regarding measurement, methodology, and linking behavior to neural activity and cognition.
Need for a unified framework to analyze complex behavioral data.

Purpose of the Study:

Propose a general experimental and computational framework: kinematic coding.
Define methods for measuring information encoded in structured behavior patterns.
Explore how this information is read out during social interactions.

Main Methods:

Introduce kinematic coding as a framework for behavioral analysis.
Emphasize single-trial analysis of behavior, cognition, and neural activity.
Focus on structured patterns of bodily motion and information transmission.

Main Results:

The proposed framework enables the design of novel experiments.
Facilitates the generation of testable hypotheses linking behavior and neural activity.
Allows identification of single-subject, single-trial encoding and readout computations.

Conclusions:

Kinematic coding provides a unified approach to studying naturalistic behavior.
It bridges the gap between observable actions, cognitive states, and neural underpinnings.
This framework advances our understanding of information transmission in social interactions through bodily motion.