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Contexts control negative contrast and restrict the expression of flavor preference conditioning

Austen, J. M.; Sanderson, D. J.

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Consumption of a high concentration of sucrose can have either a detrimental, negative contrast effect or a facilitatory, preference conditioning effect on subsequent consumption of a low concentration of sucrose, depending on the cues that are present during consumption. The role of context and flavor cues in determining these effects were studied using analysis of the microstructure of licking in mice. Exposure to a high concentration followed by exposure to a low concentration resulted in a transient reduction in mean lick cluster size, which was context dependent (Experiment 1). However, there was no change in the total number of licks or overall consumption. When a flavor that had previously been paired with a high concentration was paired with a low concentration, there was an increase in the total number of licks, and overall consumption, but no change in the mean lick cluster size (Experiment 2). Pairing a high concentration with a flavor in a particular context before pairing the context and flavor compound with a low concentration resulted in abolishing the expression of the flavor preference conditioning effect on the total number of licks and consumption (Experiment 3). These results demonstrate that although context and flavor cues have dissociable effects on licking behavior, their interaction has an antagonistic effect on the behavioral expression of memory

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Austen, J. M., & Sanderson, D. J. (2016). Contexts control negative contrast and restrict the expression of flavor preference conditioning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 42, 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000091

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 17, 2015
Online Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date Oct 19, 2015
Publicly Available Date Jan 12, 2016
Journal Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition
Print ISSN 2329-8456
Electronic ISSN 2329-8464
Publisher American Psychological Association
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 42
Pages 95-105
DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000091
Keywords Learning, Memory, Conditioning, Feeding, Mice.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1428997

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