Eating evolutionary explanations for food preference Flashcards
What did Desor find?
Infatns aged 1-3 days showed preference of sweet over non-sweet fluids, demonstrated by sucking behaviour.
What did Bell find?
Eskimos who had never had sweet foods before did not reject sugary foods. It overcame neophobia suggesting an innate preference.
What did Garcia and Koelling find?
Rats learned to avoid foods causing nausea before foods associated with electric shocks.
What did Bernstein and Webster find? IDA related.
Taste aversion to normal foods can be avoided with the introduction of novel tasting foods.
Infatns aged 1-3 days showed preference of sweet over non-sweet fluids, demonstrated by sucking behaviour.
Desor.
Eskimos who had never had sweet foods before did not reject sugary foods. It overcame neophobia suggesting an innate preference.
Bell.
Rats learned to avoid foods causing nausea before foods associated with electric shocks.
Garcia and Koelling.
Taste aversion to normal foods can be avoided with the introduction of novel tasting foods.
Bernstein and Webster.
