Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Cord B. Sengstake
Term of Graduation
Fall 1981
Date of Publication
11-24-1981
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Psychology
Department
Psychology
Language
English
Subjects
Taste, Aversive stimuli, Rats -- Behavior
DOI
10.15760/etd.3132
Physical Description
1 online resource (3, 26 pages)
Abstract
Male rats have been found to extinguish a conditioned taste aversion slower than females. It has also been found that female rats that have been "handled" (i.e., exposed to daily brief isolation from siblings and mother) during the preweaning period extinguish a taste aversion faster than nonhandled females. The present study sought to combine and extend these findings by testing handled and nonhandled females and males in a conditioned taste aversion under the methodological conditions used in the sex difference research.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18170
Recommended Citation
Yoder, Rebecca Lee, "The Effect of Early Handling on the Sexually Dimorphic Rate of Extinction of a Conditioned Taste Aversion in Rats" (1981). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3141.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.3132
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