15 rats approximately 11 mo. old were randomly divided into three groups of 5 each in a randomized design which compared the effects of three different exposures to choice-point stimuli in a T-maze using a paradigm which precluded any response by the subject on Trial 1. Alternation increased with increasing exposure at the choice-point. This finding is supportive of stimulus satiation theory.
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