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Conditioned taste aversion

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Conditioned taste aversion is arguably the most important learning process that humans and animals possess because it prevents the repeated self-administration of toxic food. It has not only profoundly influenced the content and direction of learning theory, but also has important human nutritional and clinical significance. In addition to its direct relevance to food selection, dietary habits, and eating disorders, it is significant for certain clinical populations that develop it as a consequence of their treatment. The study of conditioned taste aversions has invigorated new theory and rese

Title Conditioned taste aversion : behavioral and neural processes / edited by Steve Reilly, Todd R. Schachtman. [electronic resource]
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Previously issued in print: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Part I. Introduction and Historical Significance
Part II. Behavioral Processes
Part III. Neural Analysis and Physiological Mechanisms
Part IV. Clinical Application of Research and Target Populations
Author Index
Subject Index
Series Oxford scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (593 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010716489605171
MARC RECORDS

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