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In a saccharine H2O choice, H2O deprived rats consumed more H2O than saccharine during the first 90 min. The opposite was true of undeprived Ss. By 48 h deprived and undeprived Ss consumed more saccharine.
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A paper based on this investigation was read at the 1967 EPA meeting. We thank the Spring Term 1966 Experimental Psychology: Motivation class for their assistance.
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Strouthes, A., Navarick, D.J. Saccharine and H2O consumption as a function of H2O deprivation. Psychon Sci 9, 523–524 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327870
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