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Six food-deprived female rats were tested on a bar press for food contingency under increasing FR requirements. The results corroborated a prandial interpretation of schedule-induced collateral water drinking in that number of meals, total water drunk, and amount of water ingested per reinforcement increased as the FR requirement increased.
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Supported in part by Public Service Research Grants MH 08795 and MH 08775 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Schaeffer, R.W., Diehl, J.C. Collateral water drinking in rats maintained on FR food reinforcement schedules. Psychon Sci 4, 257–258 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342284
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