The Crunchometer: A Low-Cost, Open-Source Acoustic Analysis of Feeding Microstructure
Elvi Gil-Lievana, Benjamin Arroyo, Jesús Pérez-Ortega, Axel Lopez, Luis Alfredo Rodriguez Blanco, Xarenny Diaz, Gustavo Hernandez, Alam Coss, Emily Alway, Naama Reicher, Enrique Hernandez Lemus, Melanie Maya Kaelberer, Diego V. Bohórquez, Ranier Gutiérrez
The paper introduces the Crunchometer, an open-source acoustic system for high-resolution feeding analysis, and shows it detects changes in feeding behavior and identifies meal-related neurons in mice.
eLife · Jul 14, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience