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The relationship between food deprivation and readiness to eat in the pigeon was explored in both novel and familiar test situations and in Ss of different sexes and strains. The function relating food deprivation to food intake was also obtained and an analysis of responses competing with feeding was carried out. Readiness to eat in the pigeon, as in the rat, is directly proportional to body weight loss and correlates well with food intake. It therefore appears to be a useful index of hunger in the pigeon.
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2. This study was supported by Research Grant MH-08366 of the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service.
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Megibow, M., Zeigler, H.P. Readiness to eat in the pigeon. Psychon Sci 12, 17–18 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331166
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