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The present study examined the course of extinction of a learned taste aversion using prolonged exposure to the aversive food as the extinction test. A conditioned aversion to sucrose was established in deprived rats. They were then exposed for a 4-h period to sucrose alone where it was (1) response contingent, (2) delivered intermittently, or (3) freely available. The aversion extinguished in the 4-h period under all three test conditions. The results suggest that the extinction rate of a learned taste aversion is based on the duration of the exposure to the aversive food after the poisoning experience, not on the time since poisoning.
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Abelson, J.S., Pierrel-Sorrentino, R. & Blough, P.M. Some conditions for the rapid extinction of a learned taste aversion. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 9, 51–52 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336926
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