 Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
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Abstract
The purpose of this experiment was to establish olfactory stimuli
as conditioned contexts capable of eliciting conditioned compensatory responses
to the effects of caffeine. Previous research has shown that the pairing
of a neutral stimulus with drug administration creates a classically conditioned
relationship between the two. The originally unproductive stimulus now
elicits certain responses opposite in effect to those of the drug. Past
experiments in context conditioning have primarily utilized morphine, ethanol
or various barbiturates; however, very little research has been done on
caffeine in these scenarios. It was found that caffeine generally produced
higher initial responses across all eight subjects during training sessions.
This difference between the two decreased over the course of the session
and was less noticeable in the final responses. Test data support the CCR
model. Caffeine injections in different contexts elicited significantly
higher responses than those injections received in familiar contexts. |
