A selection of papers from the Measuring Behavior 2000 conference has been published as a special issue of the journal Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers. Copies of this publication can be ordered directly from Psychonomic Society Publications at http://www.psychonomic.org/BRMIC/special.htm.

Contents

• Gary Bente, Anita Petersen, Nicole C. Krämer, & Jan Peter de Ruiter. Transcript-Based Computer Animation of Movement: Evaluating a New Tool for Nonverbal Behavior Research.

• Carol Neidle, Stan Sclaroff, & Vassilis Athitsos. SignStream: A Tool for Linguistic and Computer Vision Research on Visual-Gestural Language Data.

• Suneeti Nathani & D. Kimbrough Oller. Beyond Ba-Ba and Gu-Gu: Challenges and Strategies in Coding Infant Vocalizations.

• Paul J. Yoder, Peter Bruce, & Jon Tapp. Comparing Sequential Associations Within a Single Dyad.

• Bruno Thomann. Observation and Judgment in Psychology: Assessing Agreement Among Markings of Behavioral Events.

• J. B. J. Bussmann, W. L. J. Martens, J. H. M. Tulen, F. C. Schasfoort, H. J. G. van den Berg-Emons, & H. J. Stam. Measuring Daily Behavior Using Ambulatory Accelerometry: The Activity Monitor.

• Joke H. M. Tulen, Wim H. Groeneveld, Judith H. G. J. K. Romers, Sander J. A. de Vries, & Ben J. M. van de Wetering. Ambulatory Accelerometry to Quantify Involuntary Movements and Tics in the Syndrome of Gilles de la Tourette.

• P. Sustr, M. Spinka, S. Cloutier, & R. C. Newberry. Computer-Aided Method for Calculating Animal Configurations During Social Interactions From Two-Dimensional Coordinates of Color-Marked Body Parts.

• Tatyana V. Mukhina, Sergei O. Bachurin, Nadejda N. Lermontova, & Nikolai S. Zefirov. Versatile Computerized System for Tracking and Analysis of Water Maze Tests.

• C. J. Twining, C. J. Taylor, & P. Courtney. Robust Tracking and Posture Description for Laboratory Rodents Using Active Shape Models.

• F. Ohl, F. Holsboer, & R. Landgraf. The Modified Hole Board as a Differential Screen for Behavior in Rodents.

• Lucas P. J. J. Noldus, Andrew J. Spink, & Ruud A. J. Tegelenbosch. EthoVision: A Versatile Video Tracking System for Automation of Behavioral Experiments.

• Troy J. Zarcone & Stephen C. Fowler. Digital Measurement of Operant Disk Press Force Maintained in Cd-1, Balb/c, and C57BL/6 Mice.

• K. A. Clarke, L. Smart, & J. Still. Ground Reaction Force and Spatiotemporal Measurements of the Gait of the Mouse.

• Jonathan J. Cooper & Georgia J. Mason. The Use of Operant Technology to Measure Behavioral Priorities in Captive Animals.

• James D. Rowan, Stephen B. Fountain, Shannon M. A. Kundey, & Chrissy L. Miner. A Multiple Species Approach to Sequential Learning: Are You a Man or a Mouse?

Published in Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, Volume 33, No. 3, August 2001. Published by the Psychonomic Society, Austin, TX, USA. ISSN 0743-3808.

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