2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Associative learning for taste and olfactory stimuli in animals under stress situations
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24730634
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Kwansei Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 古典的条件づけ / 味覚 / 嗅覚 / 要素的処理 / 統合的処理 / ラット |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to explore the sensory process of taste and olfactory stimuli in the animals. Although taste and smell are different modalities of sensation, they have a strong association, as expressed in the word "sweet smell." The present experiments demonstrated that animals, compared to hungry animals, learned taste and olfactory stimuli configurally. However, those results were not robust. Further research, using more sophisticated procedures, would be required to extend the generality of this phenomenon.
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