The Easy to Hard Effect and Perceptual Learning in Flavor Aversion Conditioning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-103

  Scahill, V L ^a,b,c   Mackintosh, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE ACUITY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLAVORING AGENTS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 3242752902     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.30.2.96     Document Type: Article

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