Anxiety was measured in two behavior tasks that are designed to trigger relevant behaviors and contrast the tendency for mice to explore or engage in social investigation against the anxiety - producing properties of novel objects in the cage (the marble burying test) or an open, brightly lit space (a novelty - induced decrease in eating test). (sciencedaily.com)
One result is that the work often has a slant of social investigation and commentary. (frieze.com)
Dr Anthony Heath FBA CBE, Director of the Centre for Social Investigation and Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)