Acquired equivalence of flavour cues with a common antecedent in rats.
Behav Processes
; 57(1): 1-6, 2002 Mar 28.
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ABSTRACT
Equivalence of flavour cues, each of which had been paired with a common antecedent, was demonstrated with rats in a three-stage design. In the first stage, a group of thirsty rats were given each of two target flavour cues after a common antecedent flavour (Xright arrowA and Xright arrowB), while a second group of rats were given A and B after differential antecedent flavours (Xright arrowA and Yright arrowB). Another group of rats was allowed to drink A and B after familiar tap water. In the second stage, aversion to A was established by a lithium chloride injection after drinking A. The acquired equivalence effect was verified in the third stage by strong aversion to B in the group trained with the common antecedent compared with the remaining two groups. The representation-mediation, rather than response-mediation, hypothesis seems to fit the backward acquired equivalence effect obtained here.
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Behav Processes
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2002
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