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<journal-id>2007-4832</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta de investigación psicológica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta de investigación psicol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-4832</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Psicología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-48322015000201960</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/s2007-4719(15)30016-8</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El Amaranto como Fuente de Reforzamiento: Un Estudio con Roedores]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Amaranth as Reinforcement Source: A Rodent Study]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[González-Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ivette]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Paz Trejo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana Berenice]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fuentes Saavedra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nuria Sofía]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[De Lucio Padrón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erika Lorena]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Torres Carrillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paulina]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zamora Arevalo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oscar]]></given-names>
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<given-names><![CDATA[César]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hugo]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<volume>5</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>1960</fpage>
<lpage>1971</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-48322015000201960&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-48322015000201960&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-48322015000201960&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El presente estudio evalúa el amaranto como una alternativa a los reforzadores que se utilizan en la actualidad en los laboratorios experimentales con roedores. Se compararon diversos elementos como la preferencia de consumo, la motivación y el valor reforzante entre tres tipos de alimentos (dos tipos de pellets y amaranto) mediante cuatro experimentos con laberinto radial y consumo libre en 11 ratas de la cepa Wistar. Los resultados muestran que el amaranto tiene un alto valor reforzante ya que, se observó preferencia por su consumo comparado con los demás alimentos. Se propone al amaranto como una buena alternativa para usarse como reforzador con varias ventajas como la preferencia de consumo, su valor reforzante, su fácil accesibilidad en el país y que es más económico que los pellets importados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This study evaluates amaranth as an alternative to reinforcers which are currently used in experimental laboratories with rodents. We compared some elements such as consumer preference, motivation and reinforcing value of three types of food (two types of pellets and amaranth) through four experiments with free radial maze and free consumption in 11 Wistar rats. The results show that amaranth has a high reinforcing value. Also, there was a preference for amaranth consumption compared with the other two reinforcers. Amaranth is proposed as a good alternative for use as a reinforcer with several advantages such as consumer preference, its reinforcing value, accessibility in the country and that it is cheaper than the usual pellets.]]></p></abstract>
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