Pavlov

[ pav-lov, -lawf; Russian pah-vluhf ]

/ ˈpæv lɒv, -lɔf; Russian ˈpɑ vləf /

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noun

I·van Pe·tro·vich

[ee-vahnpyi-traw-vyich], /iˈvɑn pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/, 1849–1936, Russian physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1904.

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Words nearby Pavlov

paviour, pavis, Pavlodar, Pavlograd, Pavlohrad, Pavlov, Pavlova, Pavlovian, Pavlovian conditioning, Pavlov's dogs, Pavo

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How to use Pavlov in a sentence

After feeding, Girling says insects such as honeybees learn which compounds lead to the tastiest flowers and return to them like Pavlov’s dog.
Bees and butterflies have trouble smelling flowers in polluted air|Maggie Galloway|January 19, 2022|Popular-Science
They accused Pavlov, who has since left Russia and resettled in Georgia, of disclosing information related to a police investigation, the Associated Press reported.
Russian government labels LGBTQ advocacy groups ‘foreign agents’|Brody Levesque|November 12, 2021|Washington Blade
In 1920, two researchers reported that they had repeatedly startled an unsuspecting infant, who came to be known as Little Albert, to see if he could be conditioned like Pavlov’s dogs.
Psychology has struggled for a century to make sense of the mind|Bruce Bower|August 11, 2021|Science News
Pavlov’s slobbering dog learned that a bell meant food, and that the food would taste a certain way — but also that the food was imminent.
Reasons Revealed for the Brain’s Elastic Sense of Time|Jordana Cepelewicz|September 24, 2020|Quanta Magazine

"It takes too much time, the patrols check the passports," said Victor Pavlov, 56, a bus driver who makes the run regularly.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines|Ted Phillips|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McCain named Russian banker Dmitry Klyuev and his lawyer Andrei Pavlov as potential targets for punitive action.
Exclusive: Obama Declines to Add Names to Russian Sanction List|Josh Rogin|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
No, the speech was not the kick in the teeth, that Pavlov-like, liberals have been trained to anticipate from this president.
Obama's Savvy Deficit Play|Eric Alterman|April 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Experiments by Pavlov and others have shown that the taste and enjoyment of food stimulate the flow of digestive juices.
How to Live|Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk
Pavlov has shown that without such attention and enjoyment of the taste of food, the secretion of gastric juice is lessened.
How to Live|Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk
I would recommend Pavlov's book called Conditioned Reflexes.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis|Melvin Powers
Pavlov's book will further explain and clarify the concept of the conditioned response mechanism.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis|Melvin Powers
The whole mechanism of the transfer and of the recoil may best be expressed in terms of the conditioned reflex of Pavlov.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park

British Dictionary definitions for Pavlov

Pavlov

/ (ˈpævlɒv, Russian ˈpavləf) /

noun

Ivan Petrovich (iˈvan pɪˈtrɔvitʃ). 1849–1936, Russian physiologist. His study of conditioned reflexes in dogs influenced behaviourism. He also made important contributions to the study of digestion: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1904

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Scientific definitions for Pavlov

Pavlov

[ păv′lôv′, -lôf′ ]

Ivan Petrovich 1849-1936

Russian physiologist who studied the digestive system of dogs, investigating the nervous control of salivation and the role of enzymes. His experiments showed that if a bell is rung whenever food is presented to a dog, the dog will eventually salivate when it hears the bell, even if no food is presented. This demonstration of what is known as a conditioned response prompted later scientific studies of human and animal behavior.