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Recently we published a design for an automated feeding behavior system (Rowley, Stitt, & Hanson, 2003). One disadvantage of this system is that it relied on expensive, custom hardware. Here we present a modified version that replaces the custom hardware with a simple, commercially available webcam and modified the MATLAB analysis software as well. The new system is much less expensive and easier to implement, while still providing for bias-free collection of consumption data in a feeding behavior trial.
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Rowley, M., Stitt, J. P., &Hanson, F. E. (2003). Image analysis of small animal feeding behavior.Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers,35, 447–451.
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Rowley, M., Hanson, F. Image analysis of small animal feeding behavior: An update. Behavior Research Methods 39, 531–532 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193022