A simple surgical procedure is described that makes it possible to deliver liquids directly into the mouth of a freely mobile rat. Data presented show that an 8% sucrose solution delivered by this technique is an effective reinforcer in a variety of simple and discriminative schedules of reinforcement.

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March 1968

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A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR DELIVERING LIQUIDS DIRECTLY TO THE MOUTH OF AN UNRESTRAINED RAT¹

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A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR DELIVERING LIQUIDS DIRECTLY TO THE MOUTH OF AN UNRESTRAINED RAT¹