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One group of 10 rats was maintained on a protein- and tryptophan-deficient diet of corn grits for the 50 days that followed weaning. During the subsequent 50 days, these animals were provided the normal diet of laboratory chow (diet reversal). At the conclusion of the diet-reversal phase, these animals and a comparable group of normally reared littermates received a pairing of novel saccharin and lithium chloride. Exposure to the experimental diet significantly retarded growth, while returning the deprived animals to the normal diet led to weight gain and growth. Reflecting the lack of lasting deficits produced by the experimental diet, comparable taste aversions were displayed by both groups.
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Portions of this paper were presented at the 1990 meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology.
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Davis, S.F., Bailey, S.A., Mayleben, M.A. et al. The effects of exposure to a protein-and tryptophan-deficient diet upon taste-aversion learning. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 28, 559–562 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334082
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