The behavior of albino rats in choosing foods. II. Differentiation between sugar and saccharin.

Hausmann, M.

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“…This fact may account for the discrepancy between the findings of Miller, Murray, & Roberts (1955) and those of Hausmann (1933) and Smith & Duffy (1957). If Miller et al measured the effects of saccharin consumption over very short periods, whereas Hausmann and Smith and Duffy measured this effect over long periods, their different findings would be expected.…”

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Effects of ingesting nonnutritive sweet substances on subsequent sucrose consumption

Jones

1970

Psychon Sci

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“…The bearing this phenomenon has on theories of reinforcement is such that a general verification and extention seems worthwhile, especially since these findings are at odds with those reported by Hausmann (1933) and by Smith & Duffy (1957). These investigators found that saccharin did not significantly decrease the amount of food ingested.…”

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Effects of ingesting nonnutritive sweet substances on subsequent sucrose consumption

Jones

1970

Psychon Sci

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“…Rats and other animals regulate their feeding to balance their energy requirements (Hausmann 1932(Hausmann , 1933. A difficult question is whether rats also regulate their food intake in relation to their needs for amino-acids, salts or vitamins.…”

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Experiments on the food preferences of wild rats (Rattus norvegicusBerkenhout)

Barnett¹,

Spencer

1953

J. Hyg.

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1. Colonies of wild Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout were kept in closed rooms containing nesting sites. The conditions permitted breeding.2. Seventy-six experiments, each lasting 6–35 days, were done to test the rats' food preferences. In each experiment except two, a choice was given between two foods, both available in excess. In the two exceptional experiments a choice between three foods was given.3. Although marked preferences were shown, a food was rarely quite rejected in favour of an alternative.4. Among cereals, wholemeal was preferred to wheat grains, but wheat grains were preferred to white flour; little or no white flour was eaten if wholemeal was available. Wheat germ was eaten only in small quantities when an alternative cereal was available, but in larger quantities if the alternative was sugar or a sugar-cereal mixture.5. The addition of sugar or saccharin to cereals increased acceptability; sugar was preferred to saccharin.6. The addition of arachis oil to wholemeal or wheat increased acceptability.7. Cod-liver oil at 2·4 % acted as a deterrent.8. Total calorific intake remained steady over short periods, but over several weeks rose as the mass of the rat colony increased. The higher the mean weight of the rats in a colony, the lower the calorific intake per unit weight of rat.9. The amount of food eaten was partly determined by its calorigenic capacity: in particular, wet foods were eaten in much larger quantities than dry foods.10. The food preferences of wild rats differ in several respects from those of white Rattus norvegicus.11. Apart from palatability or flavour, the main factors influencing food preference were (a) previous experience and probably (b) the nutritional value of the food. The effect of previous experience was often observed when rats, accustomed to one food, gradually changed from the accustomed food to another. The stages of a change to a new food, or the establishment of a particular preference, varied, and are discussed in detail.

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“…Until recently, saccharin, and possibly cyclamate, seemed to be the preferred substances (Hausmann, 1933;Stellar, 1967). However, the suggestion of carcinogenicity of these two artificial sweeteners (Bryan & Erturk, 1970), as weil as the lack of acceptance of cyclamates by many animals (Wagner, 1971), has prompted a renewal of the search.…”

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Rodent preferences for mannitol and sorbitol, two “sweeteners”

Wagner

1971

Psychon Sci

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The behavior of albino rats in choosing foods. II. Differentiation between sugar and saccharin.

Cited by 54 publications

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Effects of ingesting nonnutritive sweet substances on subsequent sucrose consumption

Effects of ingesting nonnutritive sweet substances on subsequent sucrose consumption

Experiments on the food preferences of wild rats (Rattus norvegicusBerkenhout)

Rodent preferences for mannitol and sorbitol, two “sweeteners”

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