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more on bout criteria
#volume per lick, measured in microliters
#volume per lick, measured in microliters
#efficiency (intake / ((total number of bouts)X(total bout duration))/10)
#efficiency (intake / ((total number of bouts)X(total bout duration))/10)
==LTAW Bout Criteria==
'''Minimum Size of a Valid Bin'''
units: counts per 6-second bin (licks/6seconds) or (number of seconds in food-cup)
if a bin has fewer than this number of licks or beam-break-seconds, then the data in this bin is ignored and not included in analysis
Example: if minimum size is set to 3, then the sequence of bins
<code>0,0,1,0,0,2,0, 0,5,0,0,3,0,0,1,0,0,6</code>
is filtered for purposes of analyses to become the sequence:
<code>0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,5,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,6</code>
'''Minimum number of invalid bins between bouts'''
Units: number of 6-second bins
The minimum interbout interval; typically is 5 minutes = 50 x 6-sec bins
Example:
<code>
0,0,0,5,6,6,5,6,5,4,3,6,0,0,0,0, …[40 empty bins] ….0,6,5,6,5,4,5,0, …. [60 empty bins]….0,6,5,6,
^ ^ ^ ^
start same end start
of bout bout of bout of next bout
</code>
'''Minimum size of a valid bout:'''
Units: number of counts within the bout (licks or seconds in food-cup)
So if set to 30, then
a sequence of bins totalling 30 licks (or 30 seconds in the food cup) is a potential bout with on