4 monkeys under 24-hr. deprivation performed more often than 5 sated monkeys (1-hr. deprivation) on bent-wire detours, but the differences were small. This trend put in question the claim that chimpanzees fed 3 times a day performed better for motivational reasons than monkeys fed once.
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