Pavlov

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

noun

1. I·van Pe·tro·vich [ee-, vahn, pyi-, traw, -vyich], 1849–1936, Russian physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1904.

Pavlov

/ ˈpavləf; ˈpævlɒv /

noun

1. PavlovIvan Petrovich18491936MRussianSCIENCE: physiologist 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

Pavlov

/ păv′lôv′,-lôf′ /

1. 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.

Example Sentences

After feeding, Girling says insects such as honeybees learn which compounds lead to the tastiest flowers and return to them like Pavlov’s dog.

From 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.

From 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.

From 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.

From Quanta Magazine

"It takes too much time, the patrols check the passports," said Victor Pavlov, 56, a bus driver who makes the run regularly.

From The Daily Beast

McCain named Russian banker Dmitry Klyuev and his lawyer Andrei Pavlov as potential targets for punitive action.

From The Daily Beast

No, the speech was not the kick in the teeth, that Pavlov-like, liberals have been trained to anticipate from this president.

From The Daily Beast

Experiments by Pavlov and others have shown that  the taste and enjoyment of food stimulate the flow of digestive juices.

From Project Gutenberg

Pavlov has shown that without such attention and enjoyment of the taste of food, the secretion of gastric juice is lessened.

From Project Gutenberg

I would recommend Pavlov's book called Conditioned Reflexes.

From Project Gutenberg

Pavlov's book will further explain and clarify the concept of the conditioned response mechanism.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole mechanism of the transfer and of the recoil may best be expressed in terms of the conditioned reflex of Pavlov.

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