Persistence of conditioned flavor preferences is not due to inadvertent food reinforcement

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 386-395

  Albertella, Lucy ^a   Boakes, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delayed food; Extinction; Flavor preference; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FOOD PREFERENCE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOOD PREFERENCES; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TASTE; TIME FACTORS;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33750174836     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.4.386     Document Type: Article

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