We have recently demonstrated that associative learning can play an important role in the regulation of food selection behavior of Limax maximus, a terrestrial mollusc. The tendency of Limax to approach a normally attractive odor generated by a food source such as carrot or potato can be markedly reduced if exposure to that odor is paired with exposure to a bitter taste (quinidine sulfate). We now report that variables known to influence associative learning by vertebrates (the operations of a second-order conditioning procedure, blocking and US-pre-exposure) similarly influence associative learning by Limax. © 1981 Springer-Verlag.
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Sahley, C., Rudy, J. W., & Gelperin, A. (1981). An analysis of associative learning in a terrestrial mollusc - I. Higher-order conditioning, blocking and a transient US pre-exposure effect. Journal of Comparative Physiology □ A, 144(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00612791
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