The Garcia-Koelling Selective Association Effect: A Historical and Personal Perspective

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" The Garcia-Koelling Selective Association Effect: A Historical and Personal Perspective "
Domjan, Michael

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	936145
Doc. No	:	LA5sx993rm
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Domjan, Michael
Title & Author	:	The Garcia-Koelling Selective Association Effect: A Historical and Personal Perspective [Article]\ Domjan, Michael
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Comparative Psychology
Volume/ Issue Number	:	28
Date	:	2015
Abstract	:	The first and most prominent study of selective associations was the so-called bright-noisy-water experiment by Garcia and Koelling (1966). This study was a landmark in the development of thinking about biological constraints on learning and remains the most highly cited study of selective associations, even though it lacked important controls. I first describe the original experiment and initial criticisms of it. I then discuss the various control issues that were ignored in the original experiment but addressed in subsequent research. In this account, I rely primarily on research conducted in my laboratory, because the problems were not addressed by any other investigators. Along the way, I discuss the discovery of a selective sensitization effect related to the Garcia-Koelling findings, ways to rule out selective sensitization, and studies of selective associations in pre-weanling rats. I conclude with a look back at the impact of the Garcia-Koelling experiment and recommendations for new generations of students in the field.