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Garcia effect

Garcia effect proper noun: the phenomenon by which an animal acquires an aversion to the taste of a food that was paired with an aversive stimulus.

Proper noun

the Garcia effect

  1. The phenomenon by which an animal acquires an aversion to the taste of a food that was paired with an aversive stimulus.

Origin of Garcia effect

Named after John Garcia, who studied the effect in rats in the 1950s.

Questions about Garcia effect

What does Garcia effect mean?
Garcia effect means the phenomenon by which an animal acquires an aversion to the taste of a food that was paired with an aversive stimulus.
What part of speech is Garcia effect?
Garcia effect is a proper noun.

Words near Garcia effect in the dictionary

  1. garcettes
  2. Garcetti
  3. GARCH
  4. Garchitorena
  5. Garcia
  6. Garcia effect
  7. Garcia Hernandez
  8. Garciaa
  9. Garciacruz
  10. Garciacruzes
  11. Garciagarcia

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