Several thematic symposia will highlight the methodological and technical state of the art in important domains. Speakers will address an important methodological and/or technical theme from different angles. These sessions, of interest to a broad range of conference delegates, are organized by conference delegates on the basis of a proposal that has been reviewed by the Scientific Program Committee.

• Analysis of streams and patterns in behavior
  Organizer(s): John Fentress
  Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Measuring behavior using motion capture
  Organizer(s): Herwin van Welbergen, Wim Fikkert, Herman van der Kooij, Zsofia Ruttkay
  University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.

• Measuring recovery after brain and spinal injury in rodents and non-human primates
  Organizer(s): Michael Beattie, Jacqueline Bresnahan
  University of California, San Francisco, USA.

• Pain assessment
  Organizer(s): Bert Joosten, Ronald Deumens
  University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

• Behavioral testing of zebrafish
  Organizer(s): Robert Gerlai
  University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

• The home cage as starting point for innovative concepts in behavioral phenotyping
  Organizer(s): Leonie de Visser
  Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

• Living labs for studying human behavior in the home
  Organizer(s): Panos Markopoulos
  Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

• Clinical and preclinical models for depression
  Organizer(s): Harry Steinbusch
  University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  

• Measuring the impossible; an EU new and emerging science and technologies initiative
  Organizer(s): Gerie van der Heijden
  Biometris, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

• Measuring player experiences in digital games: behavior, psychophysiology, and brain-based indicators
  Organizer(s): Wouter van den Hoogen
  Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

• Funding for Research in Behavioral Studies
  Organizer(s): Betty Tuller (National Science Foundation)and Ramon Rentmeester (National Contact Point for the EU Framework Programme)