The Gruesome Truth About Pavlov's Dogs (And How His Findings are Commonly Misinterpreted)
- Episode aired Jun 14, 2021
- 16m
Ivan Pavlov was studying digestion, for which he won a Nobel prize, rather than behavior when he noticed the salivation of his canine lab animals in response to stimuli. That led him to a si... Read allIvan Pavlov was studying digestion, for which he won a Nobel prize, rather than behavior when he noticed the salivation of his canine lab animals in response to stimuli. That led him to a side project where he used buzzers, metronomes and tuning forks (not bells) to trigger diges... Read allIvan Pavlov was studying digestion, for which he won a Nobel prize, rather than behavior when he noticed the salivation of his canine lab animals in response to stimuli. That led him to a side project where he used buzzers, metronomes and tuning forks (not bells) to trigger digestive physiological responses. He observed the responses to be conditional rather than auto... Read all