Suckling Infant Rats Learn a Preference for a Novel Olfactory Stimulus Paired with Milk Delivery
- 30 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 211 (4481) , 506-508
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7192882
Abstract
When presented a novel olfactory stimulus while suckling a passive dam, 11- to 14-day-old rat pups acquire a conditioned preference for that stimulus. The magnitude of the conditioned preference is greater if the pups received milk while suckling than if they did not. The results indicate that infants are capable of learning while suckling and that milk delivery plays a role in this associative process.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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