The role of new flavors in the aquisition of odor aversion

K Schneider; F Loebell

doi:10.1016/0376-6357(85)90122-6

The role of new flavors in the aquisition of odor aversion

Behav Processes. 1985 Jan;10(1-2):111-21. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(85)90122-6.

Authors

K Schneider¹, F Loebell

Affiliation

¹ Psychology Dept., Philipps-Universität Marburg, Gutenbergstr. 18, 3550 Marburg, West-Germany.

PMID: 24896988
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(85)90122-6

Abstract

In two experiments rats received either an odor together with a flavor (experiment I) or with tap water (experiment II) prior to lithium chloride-induced illness. The rats were then tested for the aversion of tap water in compound with the illness-paired odor offered together with an alternative new odor not paired with toxicosis. The two-odor-box-choice tests revealed that rats easily acquire an odor aversion even when the odor is not presented in a simultaneous compound with a new flavor and reject the drinking box, where the conditioned odor is presented, purely on the basis of that odor. Food Aversion Learning, Taste Aversion, Odor Aversion, Odor Potentiation.