GoFish: A low-cost, open-source platform for closed-loop behavioural experiments on fish.

ABSTRACT: Fish are the most species-rich vertebrate group, displaying vast ecological, anatomical and behavioural diversity, and therefore are of major interest for the study of behaviour and its evolution. However, with respect to other vertebrates, fish are relatively underrepresented in psychological and cognitive research. A greater availability of easily accessible, flexible, open-source experimental platforms that facilitate the automation of task control and data acquisition may help to reduce this bias and improve the scalability and refinement of behavioural experiments in a range of different fish species. Here we present GoFish, a fully automated platform for behavioural experiments in aquatic species. GoFish includes real-time video tracking of subjects, presentation of stimuli in a comp

SUBMITTER: Ajuwon V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10794453 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature