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Female rats acquire efficient DRL responding more rapidly than do males. In the present study, acquisition of DRL-20 behavior was studied in hamsters and gerbils of both sexes. There was no sex difference in DRL performance in gerbils, and male hamsters performed somewhat more efficiently than did females.
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Supported by Grant HD 08206 from NIH. I thank Verlin Hinsz and Bruce Q’Gara, who assisted in teaching the animals.
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Beatty, W.W. DRL behavior in gerbils and hamsters of both sexes. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 11, 41–42 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336760
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