Self-Regulated Exposure to Light by Dark- or Light-Treated Rats

2 February 1962

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 135 (3501) , 377-378
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.135.3501.377

Abstract

Rats allowed to expose themselves to light do so for a rather constant length of time each day. This duration of exposure depends upon both the brightness of the light used for testing and the illumination in which the rats were maintained before testing.

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