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Science 16 August 1968:
Vol. 161. no. 3842, pp. 708 - 710
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3842.708
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Taste Stimuli: A Behavioral Categorization

Daniel N. Tapper 1 and Bruce P. Halpern 1

1 Departments of Physical Biology and Psychology, and Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

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.


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