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Sixty rat pups, 21 days old, drank 9% sucrose and then received a single injection of distilled water or.3,.6, 1.8, or 3.0 mEq of lithium chloride (LiCl). Testing with a two-bottle choice procedure showed that sucrose taste aversion occurred reliably following injections of 1.8 and 3.0 mEq of LiCl, but not following.3- or.6-mEq injections. In Experiment 2, 80 rat pups, 21 days old, drank 9% sucrose and received an injection of LiCl (3.0 mEq) or distilled water and then were tested for taste aversion 24, 48, 72, or 168 h later. Aversion effects were reliable at each retention interval; the magnitude of aversion was invariant across intervals.
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These data were reported at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, May 1977. The authors thank W. B. Pavlik for reading an earlier draft of the paper.
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Franchina, J.J., Domato, G.C. & McCleese, D. Learning and retention of sucrose taste aversion in weanling rats. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 14, 91–94 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329409
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