A non-taste cue of sucrose in short-term taste tests in rats.
Data are presented showing that rats can discriminate among sucrose solution concentrations by some cue other than taste, possibly by olfaction. Non-taste factors need to be considered in taste discrimination studies.
Rhinehart-Doty
J A
JA
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306.
Schumm
J
J
Smith
J C
JC
Smith
G P
GP
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009812:Odorants; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology; D012996:Solutions; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*
D012996:Solutions; D013395:Sucrose