SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MONITORING SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A GROUP OF ORGANISMS OVER A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN A SEMI-NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method of identifying and classifying social complex behaviors among a group of model organisms, comprising implanting at least one RFID transponder in each model organism in said group of model organisms; enclosing said group of model organisms in a monitored space divided into RFID monitored segments; RFID tracking a position of each model organism by reading said at least one RFID transponder in each model organism over a period of time; capturing a sequence of images of each model organism over said period of time; and calculating at least one spatiotemporal model of each model organism based on time synchronization of said RFID tracked position of said model organism with said sequence of images.