Persistence of conditioned flavor preferences is not due to inadvertent food reinforcement

Lucy Albertella, Robert A. Boakes

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Abstract

Almond preferences were produced by giving rats a mixture of almond and sucrose (Experiments 1-4) or saccharin (Experiment 4). A subsequent extinction procedure consisted of either repeated 2-bottle almond versus water tests (Experiment 1) or repeated exposure to almond alone (Experiments 2-4). The main independent variable was whether access to food following a session was given immediately, 30 min later, or 120 min later. No effect of extinction was found in any experiment. An important finding was that varying the delay until food access had no detectable effect. It was concluded that inadvertent flavor-food associations do not maintain preference for the flavor under extinction conditions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)386-395
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
Volume32
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Delayed food
  • Extinction
  • Flavor preference
  • Rats

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