Pairing novel exteroceptive cues and illness reduces illness-induced taste aversions.
Four experiments are reported that lead to the conclusion that pairing novel exteroceptive stimulation (placement into a black compartment) with a poison (lithium chloride) attenuates the development of an aversion to a taste (saccharin) subsequently paired with the poison. Such an attenuation effect occurs whether the exteroceptive cues are present or absent when the taste-poison pairing is administered. Interpretation and implications of this finding are discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001244:Association; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D001364:Awareness; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D003463:Cues; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D004777:Environment; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008094:Lithium / Q000506:poisoning; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012439:Saccharin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013649:Taste
D008094:Lithium; D012439:Saccharin