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Conditioned taste aversion can occur when sickness is merely coincidental to, and not caused by, the substance consumed. For example, a person who becomes very sick after consuming tequila-and-orange-juice cocktails may then become averse to the taste of orange juice, even though the sickness was caused by the over-consumption of alcohol.
Garcia's discovery, conditioned taste aversion, [5] is considered a survival mechanism because it allows an organism to recognize foods that have previously been determined to be poisonous, hopefully allowing said organism to avoid sickness. As a result of Garcia's work, conditioned taste aversion has been called the "Garcia Effect."
Taste aversion is associated with: Conditioned taste aversion , an acquired aversion to the taste of a food that was paired with aversive stimuli Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder , an eating disorder in which people avoid eating or eat only a very narrow range of foods
People with food aversions usually have a strong reaction when they see, smell or taste foods they don't like, Boswell says. "Some people will cough, gag or vomit when exposed to these foods," she ...
Crows: Conditioned taste aversion has been used to control crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) predation on eggs – a problem for bird sanctuaries and farmers with outdoor chickens. The researchers put a sickness-causing agent in several eggs, painted them green and then placed them where crows could eat them.
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The concept illustrates the role of physical stimuli in generating appetite and, more specifically, explains the significance of taste, or food flavour in relation to hunger. [4] Besides conditioned satiety and alimentary alliesthesia, it is one of the three major phenomena of satiation. An Ingestive Classics paper on the topic has been written ...