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An experiment was performed to determine the effects of food deprivation and the portion of the light-dark cycle in which testing occurred upon the mouse-killing response of the rat. Food deprivation resulted in a significant increase in muricide, while time of the test was not related to the outcome.
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This research was in part supported by an institutional grant from the National Science Foundation awarded to Mississippi State University.
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Thorne, B.M., Hutton, B. The effects of food deprivation and the time of the test on muricide in the Long-Evans rat. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 11, 307–308 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336839
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336839