Journal article
Toxicosis-based aversions to visual cues in rats: A test of the Testa and Ternes hypothesis
Abstract
Testa and Ternes have proposed that the degree of spatial contiguity between a cue and a food object is an important determinant of the associability of that cue with toxicosis. We found, in accord with the Testa and Ternes hypothesis, that rats showed more profound illness-based aversions to the visual properties of food objects than to the visual properties of food bins or feeding chambers. This result has implications for the design of …
Authors
Galef BG; Dalrymple AJ
Journal
Learning & Behavior, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 332–334
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 1981
DOI
10.3758/bf03197839
ISSN
1543-4494