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A drug-induced sickness was paired with flavored water to induce a taste-aversion response in rats. Three Cyclophosphamide dosage levels and three time-delay intervals were used. Three pairings of the drug and flavored water were followed by three presentations of the flavored water alone. The drug-dose level, the time delay between drinking and injection, and the number of trials effected the acquisition and extinction portions of the learning curve. The rate of acquisition of the response was related to both the Drug-Dose Level by Trials interaction and the Time Interval by Trials interaction, while the rate of extinction was related only to the Drug-Dose Level by Trials interaction!
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The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation (Grant GJ274) and the John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development. George Peabody College. Nashville. Tennessee, for assistance in the data analyses.
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Wright, W.E., Foshee, D.P. & McCleary, G.E. Comparison of taste aversion with various delays and Cyclophosphamide dose levels. Psychon Sci 22, 55–56 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335937
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335937