TY - JOUR
T1 - The basic tastants in aversion conditioning
T2 - Evidence for sensory preconditioning and not potentiation
AU - Privitera, Gregory J.
AU - Capaldi, Elizabeth D.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - In Experiment 1, a potentiation paradigm was used to test the relative influence of odor and taste with two 2 basic testants (i.e., salt and sweet) in conditioned aversion learning. Experiment 1 showed that aversions to testants (salt or sweet presented in a manner by which it could be tasted) were established only in subjects trained with the tastant, not the odor (i.e., salt or sweet presented in a manner by which it could not be tasted). Experiment 2 demonstrated, with a sensory preconditioning procedure, that the expression of an aversion to testants was dependent on previous tastant experience prior to odor aversion training. These results suggest that while subjects can smell salt and sweet solutions, these odors are neither sufficient nor necessary for the expression of a conditioned tastant aversion.
AB - In Experiment 1, a potentiation paradigm was used to test the relative influence of odor and taste with two 2 basic testants (i.e., salt and sweet) in conditioned aversion learning. Experiment 1 showed that aversions to testants (salt or sweet presented in a manner by which it could be tasted) were established only in subjects trained with the tastant, not the odor (i.e., salt or sweet presented in a manner by which it could not be tasted). Experiment 2 demonstrated, with a sensory preconditioning procedure, that the expression of an aversion to testants was dependent on previous tastant experience prior to odor aversion training. These results suggest that while subjects can smell salt and sweet solutions, these odors are neither sufficient nor necessary for the expression of a conditioned tastant aversion.
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U2 - 10.3758/BF03193199
DO - 10.3758/BF03193199
M3 - Article
C2 - 17330525
AN - SCOPUS:33947524706
SN - 1543-4494
VL - 34
SP - 355
EP - 360
JO - Learning and Behavior
JF - Learning and Behavior
IS - 4
ER -