Professor Emeritus Robert Boakes
- Flavours and Tastes: Learning and Perception
- Activity, Food Intake and Body Weight
- Aspects of Associative Learning
Flavours and Tastes: Learning and Perception
Boakes, R.A. & Hemberger, H. (2012). Odour-modulation of taste ratings by chefs.Food Quality and Preference, 25,81-86.
Boakes, R.A., Patterson, A.E. & Kwok, D.W.S. (2012). Flavor avoidance learning based on missing calories but not on palatability reduction.Learning & Behavior, 40,542-550.
Russell, A.M.T & Boakes, R.A. (2011). Identification of confusable odours including wine: Appropriate labels enhance performance. Food Quality and Preference, 22, 296-303.
Boakes, R.A., Colagiuri, B., & Mahon, M. (2010). Learned avoidance of flavors signalling reduction in a nutrient. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 36, 117-125.
Hughson, A. & Boakes, R.A. (2009). Passive perceptual learning in relation to wine: Shortterm recognition and verbal description. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 1-8.
Walter, F. & Boakes, R.A. (2009). Long-term range effects in hedonic ratings. Food Quality and Preference, 20, 440-449.
Albertella, L., Harris, J.A., & Boakes, R.A. (2008). Acquired flavour preferences: Contextual control of adaptation-level effects. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 227- 231.
Dwyer, D., Boakes, R.A., & Hayward, S. (2008). Reduced palatability in lithium- and activity-based, but not in amphetamine-based, taste aversion learning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 1051-1060.
Boakes, R.A., Albertella, L., & Harris, J.A. (2007). Expresssion of flavor preference depends on type of test and on recent drinking history. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 33, 327-338.
Activity, Food Intake and Body Weight
Kendig, M.D., Ekayanti, W., Stewart, H., Boakes, R.A., & Rooney, K.B. (2015). Metabolic effects of access to sucrose in female rats and transmission of some effects to their offspring. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0131107.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131107.
Kendig, M.D., Rooney, K.B., Corbit, L.H. & Boakes, R.A. (2014). Persisting adiposity following chronic consumption of 10% sucrose solution: Strain differences and behavioural effects.Physiology & Behavior, 130,54-65.
Kendig, M.D., Lin, C.S., Beilharz, J.E, Rooney, K.B. & Boakes, R.A. (2014). Maltodextrin can produce similar metabolic and cognitive effects to those of sucrose in the rat.Appetite, 77C,1-12.
Chan, C.Y-Y., Kendig, M., Boakes, R.A. & Rooney. K. (2013). Low volume exercise can prevent sucrose-induced weight gain but has limited impact on metabolic measures in rats. European Journal of Nutrition, 52, 1721-1732.
Sheludiakova, A., Rooney, K. & Boakes, R.A. (2012). Metabolic and behavioural effects of sucrose and fructose/glucose drinks in the rat.European Journal of Nutrition,51, 445-454.
Boakes, R.A. & Nakajima, S. (2009). Conditioned taste aversions based on running or swimming. In S.Reilly & T.R.Schachtman (Eds.) Conditioned taste aversion: Behavioral and neural processes. (pp. 159-178) New York: Oxford University Press.
Hughes, S. & Boakes, R.A. (2008). Flavor preferences produced by backward pairing with wheel running. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 34, 283- 293.
Boakes, R.A. (2007). Self-starvation in the rat: Running vs eating. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 10, 251-257.
Gutiérrez,E., Baysari, M.T., Carrera, O., Whitford, T. & Boakes, R.A. (2006). High ambient temperature reduces rate of body-weight loss produced by wheel running. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59, 1196-1211.
Aspects of Associative Learning
Kwok, D.W.S. & Boakes, R.A. (2015). Taste aversion learning despite long delays: How best explained? International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 28. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6q20v5h7
Kwok, D.W.S. & Boakes, R.A. (2015). Proximal, but not distal, pre-exposure reduces serial overshadowing in one-trial taste aversion learning. Behavioural Processes,118, 111-114.
Boakes, R.A., Patterson, A.E., Kendig, M.D. & Harris, J.A. (2015). Temporal distributions of schedule-induced licks, magazine entries, and lever presses on fixed- and variable-time schedules. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning & Cognition, 41, 52-68.
Boakes, R.A. & Costa, D.S.J. (2014). Temporal contiguity in associative learning: Interference and decay from an historical perspective.Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning & Cognition, 40,381-400.
Kwok, W.S. & Boakes, R.A. (2012). Blocking of acquisition of a taste aversion by a context experienced prior to the taste.Behavioural Processes, 89,27-29.
Patterson, A.E. & Boakes, R.A. (2012). Interval, blocking, and marking effects during the development of schedule-induced drinking.Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 38,303-314.
Kwok, D.W.S., Livesey. E.J. & Boakes, R.A. (2012). Serial overshadowing of taste aversion learning by stimuli preceding the target taste.Learning & Behavior, 40,427-438.
Costa, D.S.J. & Boakes, R.A. (2011). Varying temporal contiguity and interference in a human avoidance task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 37, 71-78.
Costa, D.S.J & Boakes, R.A. (2009). Context blocking in rat autoshaping: Sign-tracking versus goal-tracking. Learning and Motivation, 40, 175-185.
Costa, D. & Boakes, R.A. (2007). Maintenance of responding when reinforcement becomes delayed. Learning & Behavior, 35, 95-105.
Karazinov, D.M. & Boakes, R.A. (2007). Second order conditioning in human predictive judgements when there is little time to think. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 448-460.
Historical and Miscellaneous
McGreevy,P.D., Henshall, C., Starling, M.J., McClean, A.N., & Boakes, R.A. (2014). The importance of safety signals in animal handling and training.Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 9,382-387.
Colagiuri, B., McGuinness, K., Boakes, R. A., & Butow, P. N. (2012). Warning about side effects can increase their occurrence: An experimental model using placebo treatment for sleep difficulty.Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26,1540-1547.
Boakes, R.A. From Darwin to Behaviourism: Psychology and the animal mind. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Colagiuri, B. & Boakes, R. (2010). Perceived treatment, feedback, and placebo effects in double-blind RCTs: An experimental analysis. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 208, 433-41.
Boakes, R.A. (2009). Learning theory and the cognitive revolution, 1961-1971: a personal perspective. (pp.37-47) In P.Rabbitt (Ed.) Psychology in our time. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Colagiuri, B., Morley, K., Boakes, R.A., & Haber, P. (2009). Expectancy in double-blind placebo-controlled trials: An example from alcohol dependence. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 78, 167-171.
Selected publications
Publications
Books
- McGreevy, P., Boakes, R. (2011). Carrots and Sticks: Principles of Animal Training. Sydney: Darlington Press.
- McGreevy, P., Boakes, R. (2007). Carrots and Sticks Principles of Animal Training. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Book Chapters
- Boakes, R. (2019). The Importance of Animal Behavior for Charles Darwin and Other 19th Century Theorists. In Jae Chun Choe (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior: Second Edition, (pp. 41-48). London: Academic Press. [More Information]
- Boakes, R. (2010). Darwin and Animal Behavior. In Breed, M. and Moore, J. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, (pp. 454-460). New York: Academic Press. [More Information]
- Boakes, R., Nakajima, S. (2009). Conditioned taste aversions based on running or swimming. In Reilly, Steve; Schachtman, Todd R (Eds.), Conditioned taste aversion: Behavioral and neural processes, (pp. 159-178). New York, USA: Oxford University Press.
Journals
- Boakes, R., Badolato, C., Rehn, S. (2024). Taste aversion learning during successive negative contrast. Learning and Behavior. [More Information]
- Boakes, R., Hall, G. (2023). Does drinking saccharin weaken an association of sweet with calories? Pre-exposure effects in flavor preference learning. Physiology and Behavior, 272, 114381. [More Information]
- Koreshe, E., Paxton, S., Miskovic-Wheatley, J., Bryant, E., Le, A., Maloney, D., Touyz, S., Maguire, S., Aouad, P., Barakat, S., Boakes, R., Carroll, B., Caterson, I., Dammery, G., Dzajkovski, N., Firriolo, A., et al (2023). Prevention and early intervention in eating disorders: findings from a rapid review. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1). [More Information]
Conferences
- Boakes, R. (2005). Persistence of Acquired Changes in the Properties of Odors and Flavors for Both Humans and Rats. 14th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste and the 38th annual meeting of the Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell (ISOT/JASTS 2004), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2024
- Boakes, R., Badolato, C., Rehn, S. (2024). Taste aversion learning during successive negative contrast. Learning and Behavior. [More Information]
2023
- Boakes, R., Hall, G. (2023). Does drinking saccharin weaken an association of sweet with calories? Pre-exposure effects in flavor preference learning. Physiology and Behavior, 272, 114381. [More Information]
- Koreshe, E., Paxton, S., Miskovic-Wheatley, J., Bryant, E., Le, A., Maloney, D., Touyz, S., Maguire, S., Aouad, P., Barakat, S., Boakes, R., Carroll, B., Caterson, I., Dammery, G., Dzajkovski, N., Firriolo, A., et al (2023). Prevention and early intervention in eating disorders: findings from a rapid review. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1). [More Information]
- Mills, L., Lee, J., Boakes, R., Colagiuri, B. (2023). Reduction in caffeine withdrawal after open-label decaffeinated coffee. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 37(2), 181-191. [More Information]
2022
- Rehn, S., Raymond, J., Boakes, R., Leenaars, C. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of animal models of binge eating - Part 1: Definitions and food/drink intake outcomes. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 132, 1137-1156. [More Information]
- Rehn, S., Raymond, J., Boakes, R., Bowen, M. (2022). Sucrose intake by rats affected by both intraperitoneal oxytocin administration and time of day. Psychopharmacology, 239(2), 429-442. [More Information]
2021
- Farabi, L., Rehn, S., Boakes, R. (2021). Caffeine-based flavour preference conditioning in the rat. Learning and Behavior. [More Information]
- Kendig, M., Martire, S., Boakes, R., Rooney, K. (2021). Comparable metabolic effects of isocaloric sucrose and glucose solutions in rats. Physiology and Behavior, 229, 113239. [More Information]
- Morahan, H., Leenaars, C., Boakes, R., Rooney, K. (2021). Metabolic and behavioural effects in offspring exposed to maternal sucrose consumption: A systematic review and meta-analysis of data from rodent models. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 12(4), 603-618. [More Information]
2020
- Morahan, H., Leenaars, C., Boakes, R., Rooney, K. (2020). Metabolic and behavioural effects of prenatal exposure to non-nutritive sweeteners: A systematic review and meta-analysis of rodent models. Physiology and Behavior, 213, 112696. [More Information]
- Boakes, R., Rehn, S., Badolato, C., Rooney, K. (2020). Reduced acceptance of saccharin solutions by rats previously consuming more highly palatable solutions. Physiology and Behavior, 218, 112822. [More Information]
2019
- Rehn, S., Boakes, R. (2019). Bingeing in rats: Persistence of high intakes of palatable solutions induced by 1-day-in-4 intermittent access. Physiology and Behavior, 207, 15-27. [More Information]
- Cordony, M., Chow, J., Boakes, R. (2019). Motivation to run measured by progressive ratio tests: Failure to support the addiction hypothesis for rats. Learning and Behavior, 47(2), 131-140. [More Information]
- Kwok, D., Boakes, R. (2019). Situational relevance: Context as a factor in serial overshadowing of taste aversion learning. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(2), 263-273. [More Information]
2018
- Kendig, M., Fu, M., Rehn, S., Martire, S., Boakes, R., Rooney, K. (2018). Metabolic and cognitive improvement from switching to saccharin or water following chronic consumption by female rats of 10% sucrose solution. Physiology and Behavior, 188, 162-172. [More Information]
- Rehn, S., Onuma, T., Rooney, K., Boakes, R. (2018). Sodium saccharin can be more acceptable to rats than pure saccharin. Behavioural Processes, 157, 188-191. [More Information]
- Kendig, M., Boakes, R., Corbit, L. (2018). Variety Overcomes the Specificity of Cue-Potentiated Feeding in Rats. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 44(1), 56-66. [More Information]
2017
- Kwok, D., Harris, J., Boakes, R. (2017). Timing of interfering events in one-trial serial overshadowing of a taste aversion. Learning and Behavior, 45(2), 124-134. [More Information]
2016
- Attuquayefio, T., Stevenson, R., Boakes, R., Oaten, M., Yeomans, M., Mahmut, M., Francis, H. (2016). A High-Fat High-Sugar Diet Predicts Poorer Hippocampal-Related Memory and a Reduced Ability to Suppress Wanting Under Satiety. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 42(4), 415-428. [More Information]
- Stevenson, R., Boakes, R., Oaten, M., Yeomans, M., Mahmut, M., Francis, H. (2016). Chemosensory Abilities in Consumers of a Western-Style Diet. Chemical Senses, 41(6), 505-513. [More Information]
- Boakes, R., Martire, S., Rooney, K., Kendig, M. (2016). Individual differences in saccharin acceptance predict rats' food intake. Physiology and Behavior, 164, 151-156. [More Information]
2015
- Kendig, M., Ekayanti, W., Stewart, H., Boakes, R., Rooney, K. (2015). Metabolic effects of access to sucrose drink in female rats and transmission of some effects to their offspring. PloS One, 10(7), 1-20. [More Information]
- Kwok, D., Boakes, R. (2015). Proximal, but not distal, pre-exposure reduces serial overshadowing in one-trial taste aversion learning. Behavioural Processes, 118, 111-114. [More Information]
- Boakes, R. (2015). Reply to Pellón and Killeen's (2015) commentary on Boakes, Patterson, Kendig, and Harris (2015). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 41(4), 452-453. [More Information]
2014
- Kendig, M., Lin, C., Beilharz, J., Rooney, K., Boakes, R. (2014). Maltodextrin can produce similar metabolic and cognitive effects to those of sucrose in the rat. Appetite, 77C, 1-12. [More Information]
- Kendig, M., Rooney, K., Corbit, L., Boakes, R. (2014). Persisting adiposity following chronic consumption of 10% sucrose solution: strain differences and behavioural effects. Physiology and Behavior, 130, 54-65. [More Information]
- Boakes, R., Costa, D. (2014). Temporal contiguity in associative learning: Interference and decay from an historical perspective. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 40(4), 381-400. [More Information]
2013
- Kendig, M., Boakes, R., Rooney, K., Corbit, L. (2013). Chronic restricted access to 10% sucrose solution in adolescent and young adult rodents impairs spatial memory and alters sensitivity to outcome devaluation. Physiology and Behavior, 120, 164-172. [More Information]
- Chan, C., Kendig, M., Boakes, R., Rooney, K. (2013). Low-volume exercise can prevent sucrose-induced weight gain but has limited impact on metabolic measures in rats. European Journal of Nutrition, 52(7), 1721-1732. [More Information]
2012
- Kwok, D., Boakes, R. (2012). Blocking of acquisition of a taste aversion by a context experienced prior to the taste. Behavioural Processes, 89(1), 27-29. [More Information]
- Boakes, R., Patterson, A., Kwok, D. (2012). Flavor avoidance learning based on missing calories but not on palatability reduction. Learning and Behavior, 40(4), 542-550. [More Information]
- Patterson, A., Boakes, R. (2012). Interval, Blocking, and Marking Effects During the Development of Schedule-Induced Drinking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 38(3), 303-314. [More Information]
2011
- McGreevy, P., Boakes, R. (2011). Carrots and Sticks: Principles of Animal Training. Sydney: Darlington Press.
- Russell, A., Boakes, R. (2011). Identification of confusable odours including wine: Appropriate labels enhance performance. Food Quality and Preference, 22(3), 296-303. [More Information]
- Costa, D., Boakes, R. (2011). Varying temporal contiguity and interference in a human avoidance task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 37(1), 71-78. [More Information]
2010
- Boakes, R. (2010). Darwin and Animal Behavior. In Breed, M. and Moore, J. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, (pp. 454-460). New York: Academic Press. [More Information]
- Boakes, R., Colagiuri, B., Mahon, M. (2010). Learned Avoidance of Flavors Signaling Reduction in a Nutrient. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 36(1), 117-125. [More Information]
- Colagiuri, B., Boakes, R. (2010). Perceived treatment, feedback, and placebo effects in double-blind RCTs: an experimental analysis. Psychopharmacology, 208(3), 433-441. [More Information]
2009
- Boakes, R., Nakajima, S. (2009). Conditioned taste aversions based on running or swimming. In Reilly, Steve; Schachtman, Todd R (Eds.), Conditioned taste aversion: Behavioral and neural processes, (pp. 159-178). New York, USA: Oxford University Press.
- Costa, D., Boakes, R. (2009). Context blocking in rat autoshaping: Sign-tracking versus goal-tracking. Learning and Motivation, 40(2), 178-185. [More Information]
- Colagiuri, B., Morley, K., Boakes, R., Haber, P. (2009). Expectancy in double-blind placebo-controlled trials: an example from alcohol dependence. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 78(3), 167-171. [More Information]
2008
- Albertella, L., Harris, J., Boakes, R. (2008). Acquired flavour preferences: Contextual control of adaptation-level effects. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61(2), 227-231. [More Information]
- Hughes, S., Boakes, R. (2008). Flavor Preferences Produced by Backward Pairing With Wheel Running. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 34(2), 283-293. [More Information]
- Dwyer, D., Boakes, R., Hayward, A. (2008). Reduced palatability in lithium- and activity-based, but not in amphetamine-based, taste aversion learning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122(5), 1051-1060. [More Information]
2007
- McGreevy, P., Boakes, R. (2007). Carrots and Sticks Principles of Animal Training. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
- Boakes, R., Albertella, L., Harris, J. (2007). Expression of flavor preference depends on type of test and on recent drinking history. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 33(3), 327-338. [More Information]
- Costa, D., Boakes, R. (2007). Maintenance of responding when reinforcement becomes delayed. Learning and Behavior, 35(2), 95-105. [More Information]
2006
- Carerra, O., Gutierrez, E., Boakes, R. (2006). Early handling reduces vulnerability of rats to activity-based anorexia. Developmental Psychobiology, 48, 520-527. [More Information]
- Gutierrez, E., Baysari, M., Carerra, O., Whitford, T., Boakes, R. (2006). High ambient temperature reduces rate of body-weight loss produced by wheel running. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59(7), 1196-1211. [More Information]
- Albertella, L., Boakes, R. (2006). Persistance of conditioned flavour preferences is not due to the inadvertent food reinforcement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 32(4), 386-395. [More Information]
2005
- Stevenson, R., Case, T., Boakes, R. (2005). Implicit and explicit tests of odor memory reveal different outcomes following interference. Learning and Motivation, 36(4), 353-373. [More Information]
- Boakes, R. (2005). Persistence of Acquired Changes in the Properties of Odors and Flavors for Both Humans and Rats. 14th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste and the 38th annual meeting of the Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell (ISOT/JASTS 2004), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2004
- Baysari, M., Boakes, R. (2004). Flavour Aversion Produced By Running And Attenuated By Prior Exposure To Wheels. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57(3), 273-286. [More Information]
- Karazinov, D., Boakes, R. (2004). Learning About Cues That Prevent An Outcome: Conditioned Inhibition And Differential Inhibition In Human Predictive Learning. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57(2), 153-178. [More Information]
- Livesey, E., Boakes, R. (2004). Outcome Additivity, Elemental Processing And Blocking In Human Causality Judgements. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57(4), 361-379. [More Information]
2003
- Stevenson, R., Boakes, R. (2003). A Mnemonic Theory of Odor Perception. Psychological Review, 110(2), 340-364. [More Information]
- Stevenson, R., Case, T., Boakes, R. (2003). Smelling what was there: Acquired olfactory percepts are resistant to further modification. Learning and Motivation, 34(2), 185-202. [More Information]
- Boakes, R. (2003). The impact of Pavlov on the psychology of learning in English-speaking countries. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 6(2), 93-98. [More Information]
2002
- Boakes, R., Gutierrez, E., Vazquez, R. (2002). Activity-based anorexia: Ambient temperature has been a neglected factor. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 9(2), 239-249. [More Information]
- Taylor, K., Boakes, R. (2002). Extinction of conditioned taste aversions: Effects of concentration and overshadowing. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 55B(3), 213-239.
- Boakes, R. (2002). From programmed instruction to pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, , 374-376. [More Information]
2001
- Hughson, A., Boakes, R. (2001). Perceptual and cognitive aspects of wine expertise. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 103-108.
- Boakes, R., Juraskova, I. (2001). The role of drinking in the suppression of food intake by recent activity. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115, 718-730.
Selected Grants
2019
- Understanding psychological processes that inhibit the nocebo effect, Colagiuri B, Boakes R, Hall G, Geers A, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
2016
- Withdrawal and relapse to sugar drinks, Rooney K, Boakes R, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)