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 In order to quickly communicate the general procedure of an experiment, we use a shorthand notation.  Usually, this is part of file names related to an experiment, and also the main data folder containing these data files.
-The steps of the experiment, i.e., the experimental phases, are listed in sequence in this notation.  Here is an example for such a descriptor: **S(5mX3d) R(24h) P(O)**.  This refers to an object recognition experiment in which animals first participated in Sampling (**S**), where each Sampling trial took 5 min (**5m**), one trial per day for 3 days (**3d**). After the last day of Sampling, there was a memory retention interval (**R**) of 24 hours (**24h**), and then followed the Probe trial (**P**), in which we tested novel object recognition (**O**).
+The steps of the experiment, i.e., the experimental phases, are listed in sequence in this notation.  Here is an example for such a descriptor: **S(5mX3d) R(24h) P(O)**.  This refers to an object recognition experiment in which animals first participated in Sampling (**S**), where each Sampling trial took 5 min (**5m**), one trial per day for 3 days (**3d**). After the last day of Sampling, there was a memory retention interval (**R**) of 24 hours (**24h**), and then followed the Probe trial (**P**), in which we tested novel object recognition (**O**).  We only note the duration of the probe trial if it is different from our standard length of 3 minutes.
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