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A simple method of assessing fluid preference within a single 60-min period, with position preferences counterbalanced between and within Ss, is described. After 10 days of water deprivation, and at 80% of their predeprivation body weights, Ss preferred.1% saccharin to water. The preference for saccharin was even greater 21 days later. It is suggested that the preference for saccharin under water deprivation may be an index of concurrent hunger which grows with the increasing cumulative food deficit accompanying water deprivation.
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This research was supported in part by Grant HD 03272 from the National Institutes of Health. The writer thanks John R. Lick for his assistance in collecting the data.
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Fallon, D. A quick method for determining fluid preference: Saccharin preference in water-deprived rats as a function of time on deprivation schedule. Psychon Sci 17, 27–28 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329149
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