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Licking rates as a function of age were assessed in six female and one male infant Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) over a 20-day period. The data supported previous research by showing that infant and adult gerbil lick rates differ. The magnitude of these differences was small, and did not contradict the lick rate invariance hypothesis. In contrast to previous data, however, lick rate variability was relatively constant over time.
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Dickinson, R.T., Schaeffer, R.W. Lick rates in infant Mongolian gerbils. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 6, 509–510 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337552
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