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Rats were found capable of making the choice in a T-maze using the odor from only one 45-mg Noyes food pellet as a discriminative stimulus. This finding points to the need for controlling odor stimuli in the traditional food-reinforcement situation, and especially in studies concerned with the magnitude of reward.
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Southall, P.F., Long, C.J. Odor cues in a maze discrimination. Psychon Sci 16, 126–127 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336332
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