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Roberts, Roberta D.; Humphreys, Glyn W. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2008
The ability to report the temporal order of 2 tactile stimuli (1 applied to each hand) has been shown to decline when the arms are crossed over compared with when they are uncrossed. However, these effects have only been measured when temporal order was reported by stimulus location. It is unknown whether this spatial manipulation of the body…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Spatial Ability, Human Body, Human Posture
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Best, Michael R.; Batsell, Jr., W. Robert – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Describes a demonstration that recreates the central features of taste aversion (learning to avoid distinctively flavored food or drink paired with gastrointestinal illness) research. Rats are allowed to drink a saccharine flavored solution and then are given an injection of sodium chloride. They associate the unpleasant effects with the solution.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Demonstrations (Educational), Discrimination Learning, Educational Experiments