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If, for example, one is dealing with a lengthy locomotor record that contains bouts of rhythmic activity interspersed with inactivity, spectral analysis can indicate the presence of the rhythm but nothing about the local time-dependent features of the rhythm, such as when the periods of inactivity occur, amplitude changes over the course of the experiment, and transient phase shifts.
The bouts commence in the morning, but the real crowds start arriving only in late afternoon.
We tested the assumption of a relationship between delta power and the sleep-wake history by using a mathematical method that predicts the level of EEG delta power occurring in individual NREMS bouts based on the 42 h sequence of 10-sec behavioral state scores for individual animals [ 10 ] . With this analytical tool, the time constants of the increasing delta power during wakefulness and its decrease during NREMS are estimated.
My own experience of parenting is that adult firmness coupled with irony and occasional bouts of silliness makes for sturdy children.
While bouts of grooming are coincident with flank marking, the selective inhibition of flank marking and not grooming by clomipramine and fluoxetine suggest the two behaviors employ different neuronal networks and neurochemical signals for their control.