Extinction of a saccharin-lithium association: Assessment by consumption and taste reactivity

From: Learning & Behavior | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Extinction of a conditioned palatability shift preceded extinction of conditioned taste avoidance whether rats were tested using a within-subjects design or a between-subjects design. In each of two experiments, consumption of 0.1% saccharin was paired with either 20 ml/kg of 0.15 M LiCl or equi-volume physiological saline on a single trial. In Experiment 1, on each of 10 extinction trials, rats were given a taste reactivity test immediately prior to a consumption test In Experiment 2, half of the rats were extinguished by taste reactivity testing and half of the rats were extinguished by a ...

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