期刊名称:International Journal of Comparative Psychology
印刷版ISSN:0889-3667
出版年度:2005
卷号:18
期号:3
页码:249-256
出版社:University of California Press
摘要:Rats were used to examine the effects of a surprising post-CS event on reacquisition of an extinguished conditioned taste aversion. One flavor CS was paired with LiCl and then followed by many CS-alone extinction trials. Following these extinction trials, subjects received the CS paired again with LiCl to assess the extent of reacquisition. For some subjects, the final extinction exposure was immediately followed by a surprising second flavor CS. The surprising event did not influence the degree of reacquisition. Additional results found that the second flavor did influence habituation of neophobia to a flavor showing that the event does influence consumption in some circumstances. These results are discussed with respect to the role of attention on extinction and reacquisition of a conditioned taste aversion.