Taste+Aversion

toc = Definition: = The intense dislike and/or avoidance of a particular food that has been associated with nausea or discomfort. Gen Psych, CH 5, pp.142

= Examples: = = = Experiencing nausea or vomiting after eating a certain food is often enough to condition a long-lasting taste-aversion. If you eat french fries, and then get sick a couple hours later, and remember that the last thing you ate was french fries, you experience a disliking towards french fries, even if that isn't what caused the sickness.

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= Mnemonics: =
 * T** ART
 * A** PPLEY
 * S** LIMY
 * T** TANGY
 * E DIBLE**

=In the News:= [] Lions vs. Cattle: Taste Aversion Could Solve African Predator Problem After coexisting for thousands of years, humans and African lions (Panthera leo) are on a collision course. Lion populations have dropped from 450,000 animals 50 years ago to as few as 20,000 today. Most of that decline has taken place over the past two decades, and experts are now predicting that the big cats could actually go extinct in as little as 10 to 20 more years.

[] Saskatchewan has a serious problem with predators eating livestock, but what if ... they simply didn't feel like eating? "Taste aversion" could be the answer to making wolves and coyotes leave cows and sheep alone, says John Polson, a freelance wildlife biologist and beekeeper.

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