Conditioned inhibition of rotation-induced taste aversion |
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| Authors: | Joseph V Lambert Rose Mary Barber Phyllis Carpenito Marilyn Cianfrani Bernadette Mendez Linda C Potosnak |
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| Institution: | 1. Allentown College, Center Valley, Pennsylvania
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| Abstract: | In three experiments, we investigated the existence of conditioned inhibition of body rotation-induced taste aversion. Rats were given conditioned inhibition training in which the taste of saccharin was always followed by rotations, but the taste of vanilla was not. Flavor-preference tests, retardation-of-acquisition tests, and summation tests of inhibition indicated that the vanilla stimulus had acquired conditioned inhibitory properties. These findings could not be interpreted as functions of either initial solution preferences or simple nonassociative effects of flavor preexposure. They lend support to a theory that views learning mechanisms as being central to the phenomenon of motion sickness, and suggest that inhibitors might be effectively employed to ameliorate its symptoms. |
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