(target-home)= ![Banner](_static/images/landing-banner.png){align=center} # Aeon An open-source platform to study the neural basis of ethological behaviours over naturalistic timescales. ::::{grid} 2 :gutter: 2 :::{grid-item} :columns: 4 :child-align: center ![247Experiment](_static/images/landing-247.png){align=left} ::: :::{grid-item} :columns: 8 :child-align: center :padding: 0 0 5 0

Learn more about Aeon

Discover how Aeon allows us to record and quantify different natural behaviours, such as foraging, nesting, escape and social interaction, and their neural basis, continuously over multiple weeks. ```{button-ref} getting_started/index :color: primary To the Introduction ``` ::: :::{grid-item} :columns: 8 :child-align: center :padding: 0 0 0 5

Browse Aeon functional modules

Gain insights into the software and hardware components that make up Aeon. ```{button-ref} reference/index :color: primary To the Reference Guide ``` ::: :::{grid-item} :columns: 4 :child-align: center ![Feeder](_static/images/landing-feeder.png){align=right} ::: :::{grid-item} :columns: 4 :child-align: center ![Sleeping](_static/images/landing-sleeping.png){align=left} ::: :::{grid-item} :columns: 8 :child-align: center :padding: 0 0 5 0

Explore the sample data

Learn more about how Aeon data is acquired, stored and processed through the sample data and example analysis notebooks. ```{button-ref} user/index :color: primary To the User Guide ``` ::: :::{grid-item} :columns: 8 :child-align: center :padding: 0 0 0 5

Contribute to Aeon

Want to contribute to Aeon? The contributing guidelines are a good place to start. ```{button-ref} contributor/index :color: primary To the Contributor Guide ``` ::: :::{grid-item} :columns: 4 :child-align: center ![Hexslot](_static/images/landing-hexslot.png){align=right} ::: :::: ## Citation Policy If you use Project Aeon in your research, please cite it as below: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Foraging Behaviour Working Group. (2023). Aeon: An open-source platform to study the neural basis of ethological behaviours over naturalistic timescales, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8411157 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.8411157.svg)](https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.8411157) :::{toctree} :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: getting_started/index user/index contributor/index reference/index about/index