Cue Interactions in Flavor Preference Learning: A Configural Analysis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-57

  Dwyer, Dominic M ^a   Haselgrove, Mark ^a,b   Jones, Peter M ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blocking; Configural learning; Flavor preference learning; Overshadowing; Potentiation; Summation; Within compound association

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; MALTODEXTRIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DECISION MAKING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; FLAVORING AGENTS; MALE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79951572552     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021033     Document Type: Article

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