Taste Stimuli: A Behavioral Categorization
- 16 August 1968
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 161 (3842), 708-710
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.161.3842.708
Abstract
The selective patterns of generalization to various chemicals, obtained in rats after radiation-induced gustatory-avoidance conditioning against single chemicals, were used to evaluate qualitative similarities among taste stimuli. DL-Alanine, glycine, and sodium saccharin were classed together, but not with D-glucose or potassium chloride. Groupings such as these may serve as a basis for determining the dimensions along which taste quality is represented.Keywords
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