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Published on: July 29, 2007
AnimalTA: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
Violette Chiara1,2, Sin-Yeon Kim3
1Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract:
Tracking animal displacement on video recording is a frequently used method in ethology, behavioral ecology, and neuroscience to characterize animal behavior in an automated and objective way. We propose here a quick-start tutorial of AnimalTA, a video tracking program, which aims to provide a free, open-source, and user-friendly tool for the scientific community. The strength of this software resides in its adaptability to various video-recording conditions, the possibility to run analysis and extract personalized data, and its simplicity of use.

