Effect of salt on the response of birds to sucrose
Physiological Psychology
By: J.G. Rogers Jr. and O. Maller
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Abstract
The preference of male red-winged blackbirds for solutions of sucrose and sucrose with 0.03 M sodium chloride was tested, using a two-bottle choice test. Preliminary experiments demonstrated that the birds were indifferent to 0.03 M NaCl in water. Both control and experimental animals exhibited indifference to the solutions at the lowest concentration and aversion at the highest. The data suggest that the added sodium chloride makes the sucrose stimulus more discriminable.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Effect of salt on the response of birds to sucrose |
| Series title | Physiological Psychology |
| DOI | 10.3758/BF03326903 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication Date | October 07, 2013 |
| Year Published | 1973 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 2 p. |
| First page | 199 |
| Last page | 200 |