Score behaviors of two or more subjects

Aim

To edit behaviors manually in a social interaction context.

important  If you tracked unmarked subjects, always check that there is no subject swap in your tracks. If that is the case, correct the swaps in the Track Editor screen. Otherwise you take the risk to score a behavior for the wrong subject. See Swap subjects

Prerequisites

▪You have defined behaviors in the Manual Scoring Settings.

▪You have acquired one trial and its corresponding video.

▪You have opened the Manual Scoring screen (Acquisition > Manual Scoring).

Procedure

1.In the Manual Scoring screen, subjects are indicated with different colors.

 

2.To score the behaviors of a subject, locate the plot marked with the same color.

 

3.Score the behavior as described in Score behaviors manually after acquisition.

4.When you score a behavior with duration, the subject name is also indicated on the video image.

 

Simultaneous scoring of behavior

Behaviors are always associated with a subject. If you want to score a behavior valid for all subjects simultaneously, score the same behavior for each subject. To do so,

1.Position the video at the start of the behavior.

2.Click the button for each subject involved.

 

3.Next, play the video until the end of the behavior.

4.Finally, click the button for that behavior again, and for each subject.

 

Notes

▪tip  Behaviors like proximity can be automatically measured. See Social dependent variables

▪tip  Before editing existing data, click the Save button on the toolbar. This saves a copy of the current behavior scores. In the case you make mistakes when editing, you can always revert to that copy by clicking Undo. For more information, see Saving the track edits.

▪To show/hide and customize the overlay text, choose Show/Hide > Text Features.