Activity level as a function of hunger.
- 1 January 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 42 (5), 413-416
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0059385
Abstract
Using a photo-electric cell activated by interruption of a light beam bisecting the living cage of a rat, the relation between activity (in terms of number of transverse crossings of this beam per half-hour period) and time-since-feeding was investigated for food deprivations of 0, 12, 24, and 48 hrs. The curve relating activity (y) to deprivation (x) was found to be a monotonically increasing, negatively accelerated one within the limits of deprivation investigated.Keywords
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