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CalliCog

Open-source tools for automated behavioral training and testing, designed for the homecage environment.

Callicog capabilities for in cage training of animals to perform behavioral tasks and monitor electrophysiology.

CalliCog is an automated platform for behavioral experiments, designed for the homecage-based cognitive training of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and other small nonhuman primates. It delivers behavioral tasks via touchscreens in custom-built operant chambers made from inexpensive and publicly available materials. CalliCog runs on open-source code based in Python, and includes a custom webapp for running experiments and recording behavioral data.

CalliCog is published online as a preprint. Click here to see the publication .

CalliCog code is open-source. See the GitHub page  for more.

More info or questions? Email callicog_support@mail.nih.gov

Scott, J.T., Mendivez Vasquez, B.L., Stewart, B.J., Panacheril, D., Rajit, D.K., Fan, A.Y., Bourne, J.A. (2024) CalliCog: an open-source cognitive neuroscience toolkit for freely behaving nonhuman primates. bioRxiv.

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