The CS-Preexposure Effect in Conditioned Taste-Aversion Learning in Golden Hamsters

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ID10121045
AuthorsDavid DiBattista (Brock University, corresponding author), Laurie Hollis-walker (Brock University), L Kathleen Hague (Brock University), Leslie Hague
Year2003
Volume130
Issue4
Pages446-461
Publication date2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221300309601169
PMID14672105
OpenAlexW1977638202
LanguageEN
References cited43

In Experiment 1, golden hamsters were injected with either 0.9% saline or the nausea-inducing agent, lithium chloride (LiCL), immediately after consuming a flavored diet that was either novel or familiar. The LiCl-induced aversion was strong in hamsters for which the flavored diet was novel, but no significant aversion was observed in hamsters that were familiar with the flavored diet. In Experiment 2, the strength of the LiCl-induced aversion was related inversely to the amount of conditioned-stimulus (CS) preexposure and directly to the duration of the preexposure-conditioning interval. Thus, although some previous researchers have suggested that hamsters may not demonstrate the CS-preexposure effect in a conditioned taste-aversion paradigm, they clearly did so under the conditions of the present experiments, and moreover, the characteristics of the CS-preexposure effect in hamsters were generally similar to those observed in rats

Biology · Classical conditioning · Cognitive psychology · Conditioning · Golden hamster · Hamster · Lithium chloride · Saline · Stimulus (psychology · Taste · Taste aversion · Unconditioned stimulus · Chemistry · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Psychology

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