Super-latent inhibition of conditioned taste preference with a long retention interval

L. G.De la Casa*, R. Marquez, R. E. Lubow

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Abstract

A long delay inserted between conditioning and test phases of a 3-stage Latent Inhibition (LI) procedure produces differential effects on LI depending on the delay context. Thus, enhanced LI has been obtained when the delay is spent in a context that is different from the remaining experimental contexts, but not when it is the same. The present paper examined the effect of delayed testing using a conditioned taste preference procedure. In Experiment 1, three groups received preexposure to either water, or almond, or citrus solutions. Subsequently, the animals were conditioned by pairing the almond and the citrus solutions with sucrose. In a two-bottle preference test conducted 1 day after conditioning, the preexposed flavored solutions were consumed less than the non-preexposed flavors (LI). Experiments 2 and 3 used the same basic procedure, but varied the retention interval duration (1 and 21 days) and the delay context, similar (Experiment 2) and different (Experiment 3) from that of the other stages of the experiments. LI was greater after the long than the short-retention interval when the context was different, thereby demonstrating super-LI. The results were explained by a time-induced context differentiation process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)329-342
Number of pages14
JournalLearning and Motivation
Volume40
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009

Funding

FundersFunder number
Israel Academy of Science
Spanish governmentSEJ-02618
Israel Science Foundation
Junta de Andalucía

    Keywords

    • Conditioned taste preference
    • Context differentiation hypothesis
    • Retention interval
    • Super-latent inhibition

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