In Garcia and Koelling's experiment on taste aversion using rats,the authors concluded that it makes evolutionary sense that the rats associated their nausea with ____.

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Garcia and Koelling's experiment on taste aversion demonstrated that rats more readily associated nausea with something they ate (taste) rather than external stimuli like electric shocks, sounds, or sights. This finding supports the idea that it is evolutionarily advantageous for animals to avoid foods that have made them ill in the past.

In Garcia and Koelling's Experiment on Taste Aversion Using Rats,the