Method for testing sustained attention in touchscreen operant chambers in rats.

•Sustained attention is often tested in rats with the Sustained Attention Task (SAT).•In SAT, rats are trained to detect signal from non-signal events.•Here we explain how to modify SAT for touchscreen operant chambers.•Performance on touchscreen SAT suggests it is a valid way to measure attention.•This touchscreen modification increases the versatility of the SAT.