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Previous data indicated that saccharin-naive rats drink more water than saccharin when thirsty. To illuminate the role of inexperience in this effect, was deprived rats were permitted 90min excess to saccharin and water daily. Initiation, water intake equalled or exceeded saccharin intake, depending on the concentration. Subsequently, saccharin intake exceeded water intake, suggesting Ss may have adapted to an “unpalatable” component of saccharin.
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This study constituted part of an Honors project carried out by the senior author under the supervision of the junior author. A paper based on this investigation was read at the 1968 meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.
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Navarick, D.J., Strouthes, A. Relative intake of saccharin drinking schedule. Psychon Sci 15, 158–159 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336256
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