The rise in the number of users and institutions utilizing the rodent touchscreen technology for cognitive testing over the past decade has prompted the need for knowledge mobilization and community building. To address the needs of the growing touchscreen community, the first international touchscreen symposium was hosted at Western University. Attendees from around the world attended talks from expert neuroscientists using touchscreens to examine a vast array of questions regarding cognition and the nervous system. In addition to the symposium, a subset of attendees was invited to partake in a hands‐on training course where they received touchscreen training covering both hardware and software components. Beyond the two touchscreen events, virtual platforms have been developed to further support touchscreen users: (a) Mousebytes.ca, which includes a data repository of rodent touchscreen tasks, and (b) Touchscreencognition.org, an online community with numerous training and community resources, perhaps most notably a forum where members can ask and answer questions. The advantages of the rodent touchscreen technology for cognitive neuroscience research has allowed neuroscientists from diverse backgrounds to test specific cognitive processes using well‐validated and standardized apparatus, contributing to its rise in popularity and its relevance to modern neuroscience research. The commitment of the touchscreen community to data, task development and information sharing not only ensures an expansive future of the use of rodent touchscreen technology but additionally, quality research that will increase translation from preclinical studies to clinical successes.

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临界质量：用于啮齿动物认知测试的触摸屏技术社区的兴起

在过去十年中，使用啮齿动物触摸屏技术进行认知测试的用户和机构数量不断增加，这促使需要知识动员和社区建设。为了满足不断增长的触摸屏社区的需求，第一届国际触摸屏研讨会在西部大学举办。来自世界各地的与会者参加了专家神经科学家的演讲，他们使用触摸屏来检查有关认知和神经系统的大量问题。除了研讨会之外，一部分与会者还被邀请参加实践培训课程，在那里他们接受了涵盖硬件和软件组件的触摸屏培训。除了这两个触摸屏事件之外，还开发了虚拟平台以进一步支持触摸屏用户：(a) Mousebytes.ca，其中包括啮齿动物触摸屏任务的数据存储库，以及 (b) Touchscreencognition.org，一个拥有众多培训和社区资源的在线社区，也许最引人注目的是一个论坛，成员可以在其中提问和回答问题。啮齿动物触摸屏技术在认知神经科学研究中的优势使来自不同背景的神经科学家能够使用经过充分验证和标准化的设备测试特定的认知过程，从而促进了其日益普及及其与现代神经科学研究的相关性。触摸屏社区对数据、任务开发和信息共享的承诺不仅确保了啮齿动物触摸屏技术使用的广阔未来，而且还确保了高质量的研究，这将增加从临床前研究到临床成功的转化。