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. 2021 Dec 6;15:777778. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.777778

TABLE 1.

Reference for metrics and assays.

Behavior metrics Name Measure
NTA Net turn angle Net sum of leftward and rightward angular movement
TTA Total turn angle Absolute sum of all angular movement
BR Bias ratio NTA/TTA ratio. Proportion of directional movement
MI Match index Proportion of trials matching direction of first trial
PI Performance index Average of binarized turn directions (0 = left; 1 = right)

Behavior assays Name Measure

NA Paired 30 s Light ON and OFF recordings, repeated 4×
NA Paired 30 s Light ON and OFF recordings, repeated 8×
q4× Quad 4× Four repeated ‘4×’ recordings separated by 10 min