of the permanency of taste aversion, there also has been studies done on extinction cue that can reduce spontaneous recovery of a conditioned taste aversion (Brooks, Palmatier, Garcia & Johnson 1999). The experiment demonstrated that when there was an auditory cue presented during extinction, it influenced the rats’ saccharin consumption by reducing spontaneous recovery. However, it is also noted that cues that had been presented during or prior to conditioning did not reduce spontaneous recovery when presented during the test. In this case, the attempt to reduce spontaneous recovery of a conditioned taste aversion is not supported as well as increasing the strength of a conditioned taste aversion.Taste Aversion has offered theoretical insight, which have practical applications (Walker 1995). For instance, the idea of taste aversion has been utilized by attempting to control the predatory habits of coyotes in the United States. It was found that after feeding the coyotes with the flesh of a lamb treated with lithium chloride, coyotes then were less likely to attack lambs (Walker 1995). Further studies of taste aversion can be beneficial because of the possible applications it may offer, perhaps some techniques in treating such problems as alcoholism (Walker 1995) or to better understand the environment’s affect on animal and human behavior....
