A case study in behavioral analysis, synthesis and attention to detail: Social learning of food preferences

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-271

  Galef, Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food preference; GC D receptors; Guanylyl cyclase; Hippocampus; Orbitofrontal cortex; Social learning; Tagging; Teitelbaum

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; FLAVOR; FOOD AVERSION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORBITAL CORTEX; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOOD PREFERENCES; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RATS; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84860836662     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.07.021     Document Type: Review

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