Measuring BehaviorDeadline extension
Due to technical problems, the deadline for submitting papers for posters and oral presentations for symposia and general sessions has been extended until 31 Jan 23:00 GMT.
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Keynotes
We are fortunate that three excellent keynote speakers have agreed to speak at MB2024. They will cover methods for research in human behavior animal behavior and AI analysis. Anne-Marie Brouwer will speak about measuring mental states, Robert Gerlai about learning and zebrafish, and Albert Ali Salah about computational tools. For more information see here.
Symposium: Novel Methods in Measuring Animal Affective States
Organisers: Anna Zamansky, Information Systems Department, University of Haifa Annika Bremhorst, Dogs and Science, University of Lincoln (UK), University of Haifa (Israel) Giulia Pedretti, University of Parma (Italy) Chiara Canori, University of Parma (Italy) Schedule: Thursday 16th May 2024, 10:00 – 12:10, Meeting Room 4 10:00 – 10:20 Lauren Finka – Using Facial Action Unit […]
Digital Innovations in Home Cage Monitoring
Advancing Animal Welfare and Pharmaceutical Development Organiser: Stefano Gaburro, Tecniplast (Italy) Schedule: Meeting Room 7, Wednesday 16th May 11:30 – 12:50 11:30 – 11:50 Stefano Gaburro – Home cage rack-based technology: welfare and scientific applications11:50 – 12:10 Michael Tsoory – Detecting Sciatic nerve injury (SNI) induced motor impairments and recovery using the DVC system; a […]
Symposium: Measuring bioacoustics
Organizers: Tomas Norton and Pralle Kriengwatana (KU Leuven, Belgium) Schedule: Wednesday 15th May, Meeting room 7 15:30 – 15:50 Buddhamas Pralle Kriengwatana – Acoustic features of vocalisations of laying hens in positive and negative emotional states Vocalisations are a promising method for welfare monitoring but assessing the affective state of animals based solely on the […]
Symposium: Methods for the Study of Olfactory learning and Memory
Organiser: Richard Brown (Dalhousie University, Canada) Schedule: Wednesday 15th May 11:10 – 12:30 11:10 – 11:30 Kyle Roddick – An Overview of Methods for Measuring Olfaction in Rodents Rodents are heavily reliant on olfactory stimuli, showing a remarkable ability to learn olfactory tasks. With a preference for olfactory stimuli, and the oversized role olfaction plays […]
