Abstract
Two groups of rhesus monkeys were placed on diets containing either 3% or 25% protein at 210 days of age and tested consecutively on two puzzle manipulation tasks varying in difficulty. Malnourished Ss were able to learn to solve the puzzles in the absence of food rewards but showed significantly lower final performance levels on the easier puzzles than did controls. The more complex puzzles were learned with equal difficulty by the high- and low-protein groups. Manipulatory responsiveness in this study was interpreted to be partially influenced by secondary diseases associated with protein-calorie malnutrition.
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