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Rats were given single-stimulus feeding tests after varying degrees of food deprivation. Isocaloric diets containing different levels of quinine sulfate were used. Intake was measured after 30, 60, and 120 min of eating. At all deprivation levels and at all intervals, intake was negatively related to QSO4 concentration. While deprivation level increased intake of all diets, it did not influence relative intake among diets. These results do not support the view that the effects of taste on food intake change as a function of deprivation level.
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This research was carried out at the Pioneering Research Laboratory, Behavioral Sciences Division, U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, Mass. 01760.
Quinine sulfate from Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, N.Y. (Mallinckrodt No. 1891).
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Hoff, L.A., Gentile, R.L. Deprivation and the role of taste in food intake. Psychon. Sci. 17, 277–278 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336526
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