Rapid food-aversion learning by a terrestrial mollusk

Alan Gelperin

doi:10.1126/science.1145215

Rapid food-aversion learning by a terrestrial mollusk

Alan Gelperin

Princeton Neuroscience Institute

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Abstract

The terrestrial slug Limax maximus can learn to avoid new palatable food if CO₂ poisoning is paired with ingestion of the new food. Some animals learn in one trial and remember without error for 3 weeks. Avoidance most commonly consists of complete rejection of the unsafe food, based on olfactory cues. This preparation offers the opportunity for detailed neurophysiological analysis of a rapid-onset learning mechanism of long duration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	567-570
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	189
Issue number	4202
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1145215
State	Published - 1975

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