Swimming-induced taste aversion and its prevention by a prior history of swimming |
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Authors: | Takahisa Masaki Sadahiko Nakajima |
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Affiliation: | Department of Integrated Psychological Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 662-8501, Japan |
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Abstract: | In two experiments, the evidence showed that 20 min of forced swimming by rats caused aversion to a taste solution consumed before swimming. When one of two taste solutions (sodium saccharin or sodium chloride, counterbalanced across rats) was paired with swimming and the other was not, the rats’ intakes of these two solutions showed less consumption of the former than the latter solution. Furthermore, a post-training two-bottle choice test clearly demonstrated long-lasting avoidance of the swimming-paired solution. These results imply that forced swimming acts as an unconditioned stimulus for establishing taste aversion. Preexposure to swimming opportunities before conditioning disrupts such conditioned taste aversion induced by forced swimming. |
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Keywords: | Taste aversion Swimming Exercise Activity US preexposure Rats |
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