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Retention of rotationally induced taste aversions. 1995

W R Batsell, and K P Pritchett

Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, USA.

Retention interval effects are seen in single-element taste-aversion learning when taste aversions are significantly weaker if testing occurs 1 day after conditioning compared to tests conducted 3 or more days after conditioning. Since all previous demonstrations of this phenomenon have occurred following conditioning with the drug lithium chloride (LiCl), it was necessary to determine if the increased drinking at the 1-day interval was due to the aftereffects of LiCl. The present experiment explored the presence of retention interval differences following the use of a nonpharmacological unconditioned stimulus (US), rotational stimulation. Following a saccharin-rotation pairing, a saccharin aversion was seen at a 5-day testing interval, and this aversion was significantly stronger than the aversion observed at a 1-day test. Thus, these results are clear in showing that the retention interval effect occurs following conditioning with a nonpharmacological US, and this outcome allows for the refutation of an aftereffects of LiCl hypothesis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007699	Kinesthesis	Sense of movement of a part of the body, such as movement of fingers, elbows, knees, limbs, or weights.	Kinesthesia,Kinesthetic Sense,Movement Sensation,Kinestheses,Kinesthesias,Kinesthetic Senses,Movement Sensations
D008297	Male		Males
D012153	Retention, Psychology	The persistence to perform a learned behavior (facts or experiences) after an interval has elapsed in which there has been no performance or practice of the behavior.	Psychological Retention,Retention (Psychology),Psychology Retention,Retention, Psychological
D003214	Conditioning, Classical	Learning that takes place when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.	Reflex, Conditioned,Classical Conditioning,Classical Conditionings,Conditioned Reflex,Conditionings, Classical
D004326	Drinking	The consumption of liquids.	Water Consumption,Water Intake,Drinkings
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001245	Association Learning	The principle that items experienced together enter into a connection, so that one tends to reinstate the other.	Association Learnings,Learning, Association,Learnings, Association
D001362	Avoidance Learning	A response to a cue that is instrumental in avoiding a noxious experience.	Aversion Behavior,Aversion Learning,Aversive Behavior,Aversive Learning,Avoidance Behavior,Aversion Behaviors,Aversive Behaviors,Avoidance Behaviors,Behavior, Aversion,Behavior, Aversive,Behavior, Avoidance,Behaviors, Aversion,Behaviors, Aversive,Behaviors, Avoidance,Learning, Aversion,Learning, Aversive,Learning, Avoidance
D012399	Rotation	Motion of an object in which either one or more points on a line are fixed. It is also the motion of a particle about a fixed point. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Clinorotation,Clinorotations,Rotations
D013649	Taste	The ability to detect chemicals through gustatory receptors in the mouth, including those on the TONGUE; the PALATE; the PHARYNX; and the EPIGLOTTIS.	Gustation,Taste Sense,Gustations,Sense, Taste,Senses, Taste,Taste Senses,Tastes