Publications

This section lists preprints, published papers, project repositories, and datasets related to Aeon, both from the Aeon team and the broader research community.

Research articles

• D. Campagner, J. Bhagat, G. Lopes, L. Calcaterra, A. G. Pouget, A. Almeida, T. T. Nguyen, C. H. Lo, T. Ryan, B. Cruz, F. J. Carvalho, Z. Li, A. Erskine, J. Rapela, O. Folsz, M. Marin, J. Ahn, S. Nierwetberg, S. C. Lenzi, J. D. S. Reggiani, SGEN group – SWC GCNU Experimental Neuroethology Group. (2025). Aeon: an open-source platform to study the neural basis of ethological behaviours over naturalistic timescales. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.31.664513

• J. C. Erlich, M. Rastogi, Q. Yin, I. Orsolic, B. F. Cruz, A. Almeida, C. A. Duan. (2025). Mice dynamically adapt to opponents in competitive multi-player games. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.14.638359

Datasets

If you use Aeon datasets in your research, please cite the platform paper, except where a dataset provides its own citation.

• Single Mouse Foraging Assay – 2-Hour Sample

• Social 0.2/0.3/0.4 Datasets: Full datasets from social experiments.

Projects using Aeon

Note

Some links may lead to private repositories that are currently restricted to members of the respective research groups.

• Saleem Lab, University College London (2025). Visual Stimuli. [Computer software]. GitHub. SaleemLab/VisualStimuli

• Sanna Titus (2025). Bonsai. [Computer software]. GitHub. sannatitus/Bonsai (Branco and Margrie Labs, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre)

• L. Schwarz (2025). Social sleaping acquisition. [Computer software]. GitHub. Lauraschwarz/social_sleaping_acquisition (O’Keefe Lab, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre)

• Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics (2024). Pirouette. [Computer software]. GitHub. AllenNeuralDynamics/Aind.Behavior.Pirouette

• Harris Lab, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (2024). Hypnose. [Computer software]. GitHub. SainsburyWellcomeCentre/hypnose

• Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (2024). Phields. [Computer software]. GitHub. SainsburyWellcomeCentre/PhieldsExperiments

• Axel Lab, The Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University; Schoonover Lab, Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics; Fink Lab, Northwestern University (2023). Delphi. [Computer software]. GitHub. goatsofnaxos/Delphi

• Rancz Lab, Institut de neurobiologie de la méditerranée (2022). Vestibular VR. [Computer software]. GitHub. neurogears/vestibular-vr

• Branco Lab, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (2022). Cricket Hunt VR. [Computer software]. GitHub. BrancoLab/CricketHuntVR

• Sanna Titus (2022). Spatial Navigation. [Computer software]. GitHub. sannatitus/spatial_navigation (Branco and Margrie Labs, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre)

• Coen Lab, University College London (n.d.). Bonsai Workflows. [Computer software]. GitHub. coenLab/bonsai-workflows

• Keshavarzi Lab, University of Cambridge (n.d.). Ring. [Computer software]. GitHub. Keshavarzi-lab/Ring

• Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (n.d.). Flexible Navigation Task. [Computer software]. GitHub. SainsburyWellcomeCentre/flexible-navigation-task

• Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (n.d.). Joysick ABCD. [Computer software]. GitHub. SainsburyWellcomeCentre/JoysickABCD

• Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (n.d.). ThreatLoop Arena. [Computer software]. GitHub. SainsburyWellcomeCentre/ThreatLoop-arena

• Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (n.d.). VR ABCD. [Computer software]. GitHub. SainsburyWellcomeCentre/vr-abcd