Novel taste facilitation of the association of visual cues with toxicosis in rats.
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Galef, BG; Osborne, B
Published in: Journal of comparative and physiological psychology
October 1978
The present experiments examined the conditions under which rats rapidly learn to avoid ingesting visually distinctive food objects associated with toxicosis. It was found that the presence of a novel taste associated with a visually distinctive food object faciliated acquisition of visual-cue-toxicosis associations. Further experiments failed to support either higher order conditioning or sensory preconditioning models of this phenomenon. The results are discussed in terms of species' differences in the conditions under which attention is directed to visual cues associated with ingesta. The implications of these findings for the existence of visual aposomatisms (warning colors) in naturally occurring toxic species are also examined.
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Journal of comparative and physiological psychology
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ISSN
0021-9940
Publication Date
October 1978
Volume
92
Issue
5
Start / End Page
907 / 916
Related Subject Headings
- Visual Perception
- Time Factors
- Taste
- Reaction Time
- Rats
- Male
- Lithium
- Learning
- Feeding Behavior
- Discrimination Learning
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Galef, B. G., & Osborne, B. (1978). Novel taste facilitation of the association of visual cues with toxicosis in rats. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 92(5), 907–916. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077531
Galef, B. G., and B. Osborne. “Novel taste facilitation of the association of visual cues with toxicosis in rats.” Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 92, no. 5 (October 1978): 907–16. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077531.
Galef BG, Osborne B. Novel taste facilitation of the association of visual cues with toxicosis in rats. Journal of comparative and physiological psychology. 1978 Oct;92(5):907–16.
Galef, B. G., and B. Osborne. “Novel taste facilitation of the association of visual cues with toxicosis in rats.” Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, vol. 92, no. 5, Oct. 1978, pp. 907–16. Epmc, doi:10.1037/h0077531.
Galef BG, Osborne B. Novel taste facilitation of the association of visual cues with toxicosis in rats. Journal of comparative and physiological psychology. 1978 Oct;92(5):907–916.
Published In
Journal of comparative and physiological psychology
DOI
ISSN
0021-9940
Publication Date
October 1978
Volume
92
Issue
5
Start / End Page
907 / 916
Related Subject Headings
- Visual Perception
- Time Factors
- Taste
- Reaction Time
- Rats
- Male
- Lithium
- Learning
- Feeding Behavior
- Discrimination Learning