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This study examined the effects of weight, age and experience on relative sugar preference and satiation. Albino rats were given 6 hr. per day of free choice between a 12-1/2% and a 25% glucose solution for 14 days. The three groups were given this experience at ages 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 16 weeks.
Although body weight significantly affected absolute intake of sugar solutions, age alone produced no differences in preference or differential effects from experience. For all groups the 14 day period served to clarify their preference as the animals ingested progressively more of the 25% glucose solution and correspondingly less of the 12-1/2% solution.
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This study was supported by research funds from the University of Massachusetts Faculty Research Fund.
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Wagner, M.W. The effects of age, weight and experience on relative sugar preference in the albino rat. Psychon Sci 2, 243–244 (1965). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03343428
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