Assessments of changes in the effective salience of stimulus elements as a result of stimulus preexposure |
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Authors: | Blair C A J Wilkinson Anna Hall Geoffrey |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of York, York, United Kingdom. |
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Abstract: | Rats received exposure to 3 flavor compounds, AX and BX, presented in alternation, and CX, presented on a separate block of trials. The hypothesis that this treatment would leave B effectively more salient than C was tested in 3 ways. Experiment 1 showed that the unconditioned response evoked by B was stronger than that evoked by C. Experiment 2 showed that B was more effective than C when used as a reinforcer in a sensory preconditioning procedure. Experiment 3 showed that B was learned about more readily than C as a conditioned stimulus in flavor aversion conditioning. Alternating preexposure to 2 similar stimuli may protect their distinctive features from the loss of salience normally produced by nonreinforced exposure to a stimulus. |
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