Identifying behavioral structure from deep variational embeddings of animal motion

Affiliations

Kevin Luxem: Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department of Cellular Neuroscience
Petra Mocellin: Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department of Cellular Neuroscience
Falko Fuhrmann: Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department of Cellular Neuroscience
Johannes Kürsch: Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department of Cellular Neuroscience
Stephanie R. Miller: Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
Jorge J. Palop: Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
Stefan Remy: Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department of Cellular Neuroscience
Pavol Bauer: Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department of Cellular Neuroscience

Abstract

Variational embeddings of animal motion enable automated discovery of discrete behavioural motifs as well as their latent dynamics.