A learned flavor preference persists despite the extinction of conditioned hedonic reactions to the cue flavors

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-310

  Dwyer, Dominic M ^a   Pincham, Hannah L ^b   Thein, Thida ^b   Harris, Justin A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BREEDING; LEARNING; LICKING; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD PREFERENCES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TASTE;

EID: 70450169755     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.37.4.305     Document Type: Article

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