Ontogenetic changes in the modulation of taste aversion learning by home environmental cues in rats

• Published in: Journal of comparative & physiological psychology Vol. 93; no. 6; p. 1097
• Main Authors: Infurna, R N, Steinert, P A, Spear, N E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.1979
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Association Learning; Avoidance Learning; Choice Behavior; Conditioning, Classical; Cues; Drinking; Female; Male; Rats; Retention (Psychology); Social Environment; Taste

Eight experiments using 611 rats as subjects were conducted to define and analyze an age-related phenomenon of conditioned taste aversion. When consumption of sucrose solution was followed by LiCl-induced illness in the animals' home, acquisition of the aversion to sucrose solution was retarded...