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Taste learning in rodents: Compounds and individual taste cues recognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2008

Milagros Gallo
Milagros Gallo
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Department of Experimental Psychology and Physiology of Behavior, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain. mgallo@ugr.eshttp://www.ugr.es/~neple/members_milagrosgallo.htmhttp://www.ugr.es/~insneuro/ie/personal/gallo.php
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Abstract

Contrary to the outstanding simplistic view of the taste system, learning studies show a more complex picture. Behavioral data using conditioned taste preference and aversion tasks support the idea that mixtures involve complex interactions between individual taste cues. Evidence from taste conditioned blocking, taste perceptual learning, and taste learned preferences is considered to support such a view. Greater support for research in taste learning and memory is required for a complete understanding of taste recognition.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 80 - 81
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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