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On each day of training in Experiment 1, hungry rats were given one flavored saccharin solution followed by a differently flavored saccharin solution. The rats drank more of the first flavor during training, but preferred the second flavor in a subsequent choice test. In Experiment 2, the two flavored saccharin solutions were provided on alternate days, with one flavor being preceded by nothing and the other flavor by plain saccharin. The rats drank more of the flavor preceded by nothing during training, but preferred the other flavor in a subsequent choice test. These results suggest that a state of nonnutritive satiation can reinforce a flavor preference.
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This research was supported by UCLA Academic Senate Research Grant 2386.
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Davidson-Codjoe, M., Holman, E.W. The effect of nonnutritive satiation on the learning of a flavor preference by rats. Animal Learning & Behavior 10, 220–222 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212273
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