Abstract
Food neophobia was reduced by forcing animals to ingest a novel flavor in their water. Eighteen water-deprived rats were assigned to one of three conditions: forced-exposure to mint-flavored water, forced-exposure to strawberry-flavored water, or plain water. When subsequently given access to mint-flavored food, which was a novel experience, the rats in the mint-water condition ingested significantly more ( P < 0.01) than subjects in the other two pre-exposed conditions. It is suggested that this procedure might be used to reduce new food rejection by other species.
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