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Preference for Novel Flavors in Adult Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus )

Abstract

The authors fed rats 1 of 2 distinctively flavored, roughly equipalatable diets for 3 days then offered them an ad libitum choice between the 2 diets. For 3 days, subjects exhibited a reduced relative intake of whichever diet they had previously eaten (Experiment 1). Such reduction in relative intake was as effective as a toxicosis-induced conditioned aversion in determining subjects' food choices (Experiment 2). The strength of …

Authors

Galef BG; Whiskin EE

Journal

Journal of Comparative Psychology, Vol. 117, No. 1, pp. 96–100

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

March 2003

DOI

10.1037/0735-7036.117.1.96

ISSN

0735-7036