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Rats, hamsters, gerbils, and guinea pigs were tested on a fixed-time 1-min food-reinforcement schedule to compare schedule-induced wheel running across the four species. Four of five gerbils and three of five hamsters developed schedule-induced wheel running, whereas, only one of five rats and one of two guinea pigs displayed schedule-induced wheel running. These preliminary data extend the species generality of adjunctive wheel running, and suggest that it is a more robust phenomenon in gerbils and hamsters than in rats.
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This experiment represents a portion of a master’s thesis by W. E. Bryant, Jr. The authors would like to thank Gerald C. Llewellyn for supplying the gerbils.
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Bryant, W.E., Porter, J.H. A comparison of schedule-induced wheel running in rats, hamsters, gerbils, and guinea pigs. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 21, 311–314 (1983). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334719
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