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Zone highlighting

During a test, the simplest way to dynamically change zone highlighting is to select the 'Tracking indicators' button in the ribbon bar.

In brief

ANY-maze can indicate when it considers an animal to be in a zone by shading the zone in green (you can change the colour if you like). This acts as a useful reassurance that the tracking is working correctly.

You can choose which zones should be highlighted using the Zone highlighting sub-item of the What to display while testing protocol element.

Details

Highlighting a zone causes it to be shaded when the system considers the animal to be in the zone. This shading tints the video image, without obscuring it. Nevertheless, you may find it's distracting if you're also trying to manually score some behaviours using keys. In this case you might want to switch this option off.

Because ANY-maze zones are not mutually exclusive, it's possible for an animal to be in two zones at the same time - for example, in a water-maze, the animal might be in the 'North West quadrant' and also in the 'Centre' of the maze. If both zones are set to be highlighted and this situation occurs, then they'll both be shaded, which can occasionally be a little confusing. In this case, you might want to consider only highlighting one of the zones.

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