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Although the results were not statistically significant, a group of rats trained by a naive experimenter showed (a) less food intake, (b) greater loss of body weight, and (c) fewer trials to learn a maze. However, the maze running time of the naive experimenter’s rats was significantly slower than that of the other experimenter’s rats.
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Ashida, S. Food intake and acquisition of maze learning as a function of the experimenter. Psychon Sci 2, 245–246 (1965). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03343429
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