- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.345.6194.280-a
How the worm changes its tastes
- Jul 17, 2014
- Science
- Peter Stern
Abstract
Associative Learning![Figure][1] Nematode worm, Caenorhabditis elegans PHOTO: SINCLAIR STAMMERS/SCIENCE SOURCE In associative learning, you link potentially unrelated things because you are exposed to them at the same time. Ohno et al. studied a simple associative learning task in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans . They presented the worms with a taste substance while withholding food. After starving in the presence of the taste substance, the animals switched their behavior from being attracted to the taste to finding it aversive. A specific isoform of the insulin receptor is critical for this type of associative learning—at least in worms. Science , this issue p. [313][2] [1]: pending:yes [2]: /lookup/volpage/345/313?iss=6194
- # Taste Substance
- # Type Of Associative Learning
- # Associative Learning
- # Isoform Of Insulin Receptor
- # Insulin Receptor
- # Simple Learning Task
- # Caenorhabditis Elegans
- # Nematode Worm
- # Isoform Of Receptor
- # Associative Task
