Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2011.11.004
Title: The surveillance state of behavioral automation
Authors: Schaefer, A.T.
Claridge-Chang, A. 
Issue Date: Feb-2012
Citation: Schaefer, A.T., Claridge-Chang, A. (2012-02). The surveillance state of behavioral automation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22 (1) : 170-176. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2011.11.004
Abstract: Genetics' demand for increased throughput is driving automatization of behavior analysis far beyond experimental workhorses like circadian monitors and the operant conditioning box. However, the new automation is not just faster: it is also allowing new kinds of experiments, many of which erase the boundaries of the traditional neuroscience disciplines (psychology, ethology and physiology) while producing insight into problems that were otherwise opaque. Ironically, a central theme of current automatization is to improve observation of animals in increasingly naturalistic environments. This is not just a return to 19th century priorities: the new observational methods provide unprecedented quantitation of actions and ever-closer integration with experimentation. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Source Title: Current Opinion in Neurobiology
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/124862
ISSN: 09594388
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.11.004
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