One-trial associative learning modifies food odor preferences of a terrestrial mollusc
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 78 (1), 640-642
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.78.1.640
Abstract
Evidence of rapid and reliable associative learning by the terrestrial mollusk, Limax maximus is presented. Slugs were exposed once to a pairing of a highly attractive food odor (potato or carrot) and a saturated solution of quinidine sulfate, a bitter-tasting plant substance. In comparison with control slugs, the exposed slugs subsequently displayed a markedly reduced preference for the odor paired with quinidine. This reduced odor preference was limited to the specific odor paired with quinidine and did not generalize to other food odors.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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