Preexposure to running attenuates rats’ running-based flavour avoidance: Testing associative blocking with a cover cues or context change
Sadahiko Nakajima
Abstract:Voluntary running in activity wheels by rats leads to a Pavlovian conditioned aversion to the flavour consumed immediately before the running, causing the rats to avoid that flavour. This learning process, known as running-based flavour avoidance learning (FAL), is weakened when the rats have had repeated exposure to the wheels before. According to the associative account, the association between the background context and running established during the preexposure phase blocks the conditioning of the target f… Show more
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