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RECENT work on factors determining the amount of general activity in animals indicates that such activity is related to: (a) the presence of stimuli previously associated with the diurnal cycle; (b) stimulus variety in the environment. However, the evidence is suggestive rather than conclusive, the main difficulty arising from the lack of specifiability and measurement of ‘general’ activity. We therefore investigated a readily measurable behaviour pattern, namely, eating and drinking.
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WEISS, K., HURWITZ, H. Effect of Reduction of Stimulation on Consumption of Food, Intake of Water and Weight of Body in Rats. Nature 183, 344–345 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183344a0
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