Behavioral Sequence Analysis of Mice Visual Navigation in Virtual Reality

Visual navigation has long been an essential behavior in all mammals. Current research studies this through imaging mice using 2-photon microscopes in virtual reality setups, uncovering the neural basis for many decisions and behaviors. However, just as importantly, the behavior of the mouse itself should and can be analyzed as dissected syllables. Syllables can be analyzed to learn behavior strategies of mice itself while simultaneously leading computational research to stronger conclusions on brain activity. This study uses machine learning to analyze the strategic behavior of mice during a virtual reality visual navigation task in correlation to the task events.