Within-compound associations between taste and contextual stimuli

James S. Miller, D. F. McCoy, Kimberly S. Kelly, M. T. Bardo

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Abstract

When rats are presented with a compound conditioned stimulus (CS) made up of two taste elements, they are able to form a within-compound association between the individual elements of the CS compound. The present experiment demonstrates that when a taste stimulus is presented in a distinctive context, subjects are able to form a within-compound association between taste and contextual stimuli. These data suggest that within-compound learning represents a general process by which subjects are able to associate stimuli from a variety of modalities. Implications of these data for explanations of taste-potentiated contextual aversions are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)124-125
Number of pages2
JournalBulletin of the Psychonomic Society
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1987

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Chemistry (all)

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