Interactions between saccades and smooth pursuit eye movements in marmosets.

We study the coordination between the smooth-pursuit and saccadic eye movement systems in marmosets using single and multiple object motions. We find that saccade to a target increases pursuit velocity towards the target. If multiple objects are visible, saccade choice makes pursuit more selective towards the saccade target. Our results show that coordination between different eye movement systems to successfully track moving objects is similar between marmosets and primates.