Recovery from Malnutrition: Food Preference and Neophobia
| Autor: | John P. Pettus, Charles R. Geist, Gary E. Schultz, Robert R. Zimmermann |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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Time Factors Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Food preference 050105 experimental psychology Food Preferences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Avoidance learning Protein Deficiency Environmental health Avoidance Learning medicine Animals 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Behavior Animal business.industry 05 social sciences Neophobia Haplorhini 030229 sport sciences medicine.disease Sensory Systems Diet Malnutrition Exploratory Behavior Macaca Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Female Dietary Proteins business |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and Motor Skills. 38:767-773 |
| ISSN: | 1558-688X 0031-5125 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/pms.1974.38.3.767 |
| Popis: | 6 protein-malnourished rhesus monkeys were nutritionally rehabilitated by placing them on diets high in protein content. At 60 and 180 days following the initiation of the rehabilitation program, experimental animals and 4 high-protein dietary controls were tested on a preference task designed to determine reactions to foods containing differing quantities of protein and to novel stimuli. Each S was presented a choice of diets containing 2%, 3.5%, or 25% protein, as well as non-food objects. The results indicated that the aversion to novel stimuli (neophobia) and the preference for high-protein food previously reported in protein-malnourished monkeys did not persist following 180 days of rehabilitation. The results suggest that at least part of the behavioral syndrome associated with protein-calorie malnutrition may be improved by 6 mo. of nutritional rehabilitation. |
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