Within-signal associations in lacquier-thinner conditioned aversion

Abstract

The present experiment attenmpted to evaluate the formation of associations between elements of an odour-flavour compoundpared with a LiCl injection, in rats. The data ob­tained show that the aversion produced to the lacquer thinner odour is greater when this is paired with LiCl simultaneously with the saccitarin flavour, than when the thinner odour is paired with LiCl separatdy. The aversion to the saccitarin flavour is sligittly greater in the odour-flavour compound that when produced separately. These data confirm the pos­sibility that associations between the saccitarin flavour and thinner odour elements are responsible for the effect reported here, and hence the results are discussed in the titeore­tical context of the within-signal associations.