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The glucose vs fructose preferences of deer mice, Florida mice and kangaroo rats were examined. In addition to quantitative species differences in intake and in preference, there were individual differences such that some Ss preferred the sweeter sugar of the pair, some preferred glucose regardless of sweetness, and an occasional S exhibited a spatial-position preference.
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1. This research was supported by NIH grant No. MH 10185 to M. W. Wagner.
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Wagner, M.W. Studies in comparative sugar preference in rodents: II. Individual differences. Psychon Sci 11, 161–162 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328172
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