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. 2018 May 14;9:1879. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04286-6

Table 1.

A list of caveats for each step of the tasks

Task Caveat
Habituation If the marmoset shows any agitated behavior, the training is stopped.
Dish- or spout pole-pull task Dish or spout pole is placed at a location whose distance from the marmoset is equivalent to that of the maximum reach of the marmoset. If motivation is not apparent, the food is changed.
Self-initiated pole-pull task without head fixation Repeat this step until the marmoset concentrates on the task and does not move their head too much over several sessions.
Visually cued pole-pull task The penalty extending the blank period is critical in training the marmoset not to pull the pole during the blank period.
One-target reaching task The holding time within the target square should be gradually increased as the training progresses.
Two-target reaching task Increase the proportion of target 2 trials in early sessions.
Force-field adaptation task If the marmoset stops the task during the FF block, the velocity-dependent force is reduced.