The Rat's Adjustment to 23-, 47-, and 71-Hour Food-Deprivation Schedules
- 1 June 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 14 (3) , 663-669
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1964.14.3.663
Abstract
In this experiment the adjustment of rats to three schedules of food deprivation was studied. Groups of Ss were placed on either 23-hr., 47-hr., or 71-hr. food-deprivation schedules for a period of 18 days. A fourth, non-deprived control group was also employed. The measures of adjustment used were body weight, and weight gain and food intake during the time food was available. The results showed that, as expected from previous research, Ss on the 23-hr. schedule were in the process of adjusting to the schedule at the end of 18 days. Ss on the 47-hr. and 71-hr. schedules, however, experienced severe weight loss and were not able to adjust to their schedules.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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