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In three experiments, rats received pairings of flavor conditioned stimuli with polycose unconditioned stimuli, in either a simultaneous or a sequential relation. Both temporal relations produced excellent conditioned increases in consumption of the flavors. Separate presentation of the flavors resulted in extinction in both cases. However, restoring the pairing of the flavor with polycose resulted in reconditioning only with the sequential, not with the simultaneous, relation.
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This research was supported by National Institute of Health Grant R01 MH 67848. The authors are grateful for discussions with Dan Gottlieb.
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Higgins, T., Rescorla, R.A. Extinction and retraining of simultaneous and successive flavor conditioning. Animal Learning & Behavior 32, 213–219 (2004). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03196022
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