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Science 20 August 1971:
Vol. 173. no. 3998, pp. 749 - 751
DOI: 10.1126/science.173.3998.749
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Recuperation from Illness: Flavor Enhancement for Rats

Kenneth F. Green 1 and John Garcia 2

1 Department of Psychology, California State College, Long Beach 90801
2 Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11790

Rats were given a distinctive fluid (milk or grape) during recuperation from an injection of a noxious drug (apomorphine). Single-bottle tests conducted after treatment indicated elevated consumption of the fluid conditionally paired with recuperation. This positive "medicinal" effect is to some degree independent of initial preference, of novelty effects, and of aversive reactions to other substances paired with the onset of illness.


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