Behavioral Deficiencies in Protein-Deprived Monkeys

Zimmermann, Robert R.; Geist, Charles R.; Strobel, David A.

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“…When such effects were subjected to more rigorously controlled experiments using animals as subjects, differences in learning were not always observed. For example, Zimmerman, Geist, and Strobel (1975) reported no differences on delayed-response and simple reversal-learning tasks by monkeys. Proteindeprived animals exhibited poorer performance than did controls on conditional discrimination, embedded-figures, and cross-string tasks.…”

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Effects of a protein- and tryptophan-deficient diet upon complex maze performance

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Grover

et al. 1990

Bull. Psychon. Soc.

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Previous reports have suggested that protein and tryptophan deprivation might be associated with decreased mental functioning. To provide additional relevant data, two groups of rats-one protein-and tryptophan-deprived and one reared normally-were tested for learning ability in a modified Hampton Court maze. Analysis indicated that protein and tryptophan deprivation did not result in inferior maze performance.

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Effects of a protein- and tryptophan-deficient diet upon complex maze performance

Becker

Davis

Grover

et al. 1990

Bull. Psychon. Soc.

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“…When such effects were subjected to more rigorously controlled experiments using animals as subjects, differences in learning ability were not always forthcoming. For example, Zimmerman, Geist, and Strobel (1975) failed to report differences in delayed-response, leaming-set, objectdiscrimination, and simple reversal-leaming tasks in monkeys. Likewise, Remley, Armstrong, Gilman, and Mercer (1980) reported that rats raised on a protein-deficient diet from weaning to maturity did not differ from normal littermates in terms of two-way active avoidance and blackwhite visual discrimination performance.…”

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