Distilled Water and Tap Water as Factors in Taste Preference of the Rat
- 1 February 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 18 (1) , 159-162
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1966.18.1.159
Abstract
Schnorr and Brookshire demonstrated that naive rats reared from weaning on distilled water prefer distilled water to tap water; Ss reared on tap water also prefer distilled water, which result approaches statistical significance. This preference for distilled water is directly opposed to findings of Young and Falk who demonstrated a preference for tap water. The present paper is an analysis and interpretation of these experiments along with data from two further studies of taste preference.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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