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Journal of Neuroscience Methods 234 (2014) 147–152 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Neuroscience Methods j o u r n a l h o me p a g e: w w w. elsev /locate/jne umeth Basic Neuroscience A real-time 3D video tracking system for monitoring primate groups S. Ballesta a,b,∗ , G. Reymond a,b , M. Pozzobon a,b , J.-R. Duhamel a,b a Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 69675 Bron, France b Département de Biologie Humaine, Université Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France h i g h l i g h t s • We developed a 3D video system to measure behaviors of socially-housed primates. • Validation was performed by comparing 120 h of automatic to manual scoring. • The system allowed quantifying different social profiles of colony members. • Measurement of toy manipulation is introduced as a paradigm for hierarchy assessment. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: To date, assessing the solitary and social behaviors of laboratory primates’ colonies relies on time- Received 11 February 2014 consuming manual scoring methods. Here, we describe a real-time multi-camera 3D tracking system Received in revised form 14 May 2014 developed to measure the behavior of socially-housed primates. Their positions are identified using non- Accepted 15 May 2014 invasive color markers such as plastic collars, thus allowing to also track colored objects and to measure Available online 27 May 2014 their usage. Compared to traditional manual ethological scori