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Two taste-aversion learning experiments were done on the effects of preexposure to a flavor compound or to its elements on later conditioning to the compound. In Experiment 1, attenuation of latent inhibition was found after preexposing the separate elements only if the compound was simultaneous but not if it was formed by two flavors presented in sequence. In Experiment 2, the attenuation of latent inhibition by separate preexposure to the elements of a simultaneous compound was observed only with a short (4-h) and not with a long (48-h) preexposure-conditioning interval. These results are discussed in terms of generalization decrement between the compound and its elements and the flattening of generalization gradients with time.
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RamÍrez, M.L., Aguilar, L.A. Effects of element or compound preexposure on taste-aversion learning with simultaneous and serial compounds. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 30, 279–282 (1992). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330464
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