@misc{10481/90517,
year = {2022},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90517},
abstract = {Exposure to two similar stimuli (AX and BX; e.g., two tastes) reduces the extent to which a conditioned
response later established to BX generalizes to AX. This example of perceptual learning is more evident
when AX and BX are exposed in an alternating manner (AX, BX, AX, BX,. . ..) than when AX and BX
AQ: 4 occurs in separate blocks (e.g., AX, AX,..BX, BX,..). We examined in male rats (N = 126) the impact of
rapid alternation to AX and BX on generalization of a taste aversion from BX to AX. Experiment 1
showed that such alternating presentations (with 5-min intervals between AX and BX) reduced generalization
relative to blocked exposure; but only as assessed by consumption levels and not by lick cluster
size (an index of hedonic reactions). Experiment 1 also showed that the nature of exposure did not affect
how A influenced performance to a novel conditioned taste, Y. Experiment 2 replicated the pattern of
results involving the different influences of rapidly alternating and blocked exposure on generalization
from BX to AX, and showed that this effect was only evident when rats received access to water during
the 5-min intervals between AX and BX. These results reinforce parallels between perceptual learning
effects in rats and humans, both at empirical and theoretical levels.},
organization = {This research was supported by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER “Una manera de hacer Europa” (PGC2018-095965-B-I00; PI: Isabel de Brugada) and by the BBSRC (United Kingdom; BB/T004339/1; PI: Robert C. Honey).},
publisher = {American Psychological Association},
keywords = {Associative learning},
keywords = {Flavor aversion},
keywords = {Licking microstructure},
title = {Perceptual Learning After Rapidly Alternating Exposure to Taste Compounds: Assessment With Different Indices of Generalization},
doi = {doi.org/10.1037/xan0000333},
author = {Sánchez Plazas, Jesús and Dwyer, Dominic and Honey, Robert and Brugada Sauras, Isabel de},
}