Two modes in the velocity statistics in cautious walks of laboratory rodents
I. S. Midzyanovskaya,
A. A. Rebik,
O. S. Idzhilova
et al.
Abstract:We have analyzed a large number of rodent tracks in open-field tests, in order to elucidate the statistics of their velocities. We found that the probability distribution of the absolute velocity of rodents can be approximated by a superposition of two Rayleigh distributions, with distinct characteristic velocities v1 and v2 with v1 < v2; this is in contrast to the single Rayleigh distribution for the velocity of a Brownian particle executing 2D random motion. We propose that the part of the distribution ne… Show more
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