allows an organism to recognize foods that have previously been determined to be poisonous, hopefully allowing said organism to avoid sickness. As a result of Garcia's work, conditioned taste aversion has been called the "Garcia Effect." Throughout his work Garcia also achieved a number of awards such as the Howard Crosby Warren Medal and the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1983 and has over 130 publications. Works cited Bernstein, D.A.; Penner, L.A.; Clarke-Stewart, A.; Roy, E.J. (2006). Psychology: 7th Edition. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Myers, D.G. (2007). Psychology: Eighth Edition. New York, NY: Worth Publishers. Martinez, J. (1998). Dr. John Garcia - 1998 Special Achievement Award. Retrieved September 8, 2007, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060919182106/http://www.andp.org/activities/garcia.htm Riley, A.L.; Freeman, K.B. (2003). Conditioned Taste Aversion. Retrieved September 8, 2007, from http://www.ctalearning.com/ External links 1998 Special Achievement Award 20th-century American psychologists Hispanic and Latino American social scientists Harvard Medical School faculty Stony Brook University faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences University of California, Los Angeles faculty University of Utah faculty University of California, Berkeley alumni United States Army Air Forces officers United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II 1917 births 2012 deaths