Guides

Part one of this two-part guide explains how to set up a standard Novel Object Recognition experiment in ANY-maze, including how to draw the apparatus map to include the objects, how to use moveable zones to counterbalance the objects, and how to view the results of the tests.

ANY-maze Keys can be used to manually score behaviours, such as grooming or sniffing, which the software can’t detect automatically. Doing this for many keys simultaneously can be difficult, so ANY-maze allows you to score the same test repeatedly, perhaps recording just two behaviours on each iteration. This guide explains how to do this.

Spontaneous alternations are a commonly used measure in the Y-maze. This guide explains how to set up ANY-maze to detect them and how to calculate the Percentage spontaneous alternations, which is the result that is usually reported.

This guide describes how to set up ANY-maze to track in pre-recorded videos, and how to tackle some common issues you may encounter along the way.

You’re probably very used to connecting USB devices to your computer – just find a spare port and plug it in! And if there’s no spare port, connect a USB hub to the computer and then plug the devices into that.
For the vast majority of devices it really is that simple, but cameras are an exception. In this guide I’ll explain why and describe how you can overcome the limitations.

Choosing a computer for ANY‑maze is relatively simple – indeed in most cases almost any new computer will be suitable. However, if you plan to track in multiple apparatus simultaneously or to use a computer you already own, you should check out the details given here.