Element preexposure, neophobia, and conditioned aversion to a compound flavor stimulus.

Percept Mot Skills

Psychology Department, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA 17870.

Published: August 1990

Preexposure to one or two elements of a compound flavor stimulus greatly reduced a neophobic reaction to the compound but did not attenuate conditioned flavor aversion in rats. Results indicated that (1) a preexposure effect on conditioned aversion to a flavor compound is not likely to be obtained if subjects initially show a strong neophobic reaction to the elements and (2) the level of neophobia at the time of conditioning has little influence on conditioned flavor aversion.

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