The most surprising element in Garcia's research on taste aversion was that
A)animals were sickened by radiation.
B)animals would avoid drinking water.
C)animals would drink even if they were sick.
D)conditioned taste aversion could be developed even when the CS occurred several hours before the US.
E)conditioned taste aversion could be developed only when the US immediately followed the CS.

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Garcia's research was surprising because it showed that conditioned taste aversion could be developed even when the conditioned stimulus (CS) occurred several hours before the unconditioned stimulus (US), challenging the traditional belief that the CS and US needed to be presented in close temporal proximity for conditioning to occur.

The Most Surprising Element in Garcia's Research on Taste Aversion