Quote of the day by Nobel Prize winner Ivan Pavlov: 'Don’t become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin'

Nobel Prize–winning physiologist Ivan Pavlovs quote of the day stresses that science should go beyond simply recording ...
Smithsonian Magazine

What Kind of Dog Was Pavlov’s Dog?

Everybody knows about Pavlov’s dogs—the pooches who taught us about conditioning by being trained to salivate at the sound of the bell. But what kind of dog did he use? Easily trainable German ...
Mental Floss

12 Fascinating Facts About Ivan Pavlov

Thanks to Ivan Pavlov, we’re all familiar with classical conditioning and the Pavlovian response (ring a bell before giving a dog a plate of food enough times, and he'll eventually begin to salivate ...
Los Angeles Times

Valentin S. Pavlov, 66; Soviet Prime Minister Led Failed 1991 Coup

Valentin S. Pavlov, a former Soviet prime minister who helped lead the failed hard-line coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, has died, Russian news reports said Monday. He was 66. Pavlov died ...
The Irish Times

How Pavlov’s doggedness led to a breakthrough in psychology

We are approaching the 171st anniversary (September 26th) of the birth of famous Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936). Pavlov did pioneering work elucidating the mechanism of the ...
New Atlas

Pavlov's plants? Research suggests animal learning in veggies

Pavlov's conditioning experiments with dogs are one of the most well-known studies in scientific history, and now research from the University of Western Australia (UWA) has shown that plants can ...
The Conversation

‘He’s Pavlov and we’re the dogs’: How associative learning really works in human psychology

Edward Wasserman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Gizmodo

The Truth About Pavlov’s Dogs Is Pretty Disturbing

Pavlov’s dogs made their name in psychology classrooms, but should probably be more famous for their physiology. A Pavlovian response is a physical, not psychological, reaction. And it’s possible that ...
Newsweek

Donald Trump is Pavlov and We Are His Dogs: Why People Are Conditioned to Respond Emotionally to Life

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. My ears perked up when, in recent weeks, I heard Donald Trump and Ivan Pavlov mentioned twice in connection with ...
The State

One Five Points bar to close, but two others can get their liquor licenses

Pavlov’s, a well-known college bar in Columbia’s Five Points shopping and nightlife district, is set to close its doors, but two other Five Points bars owned by the same group will get to renew their ...
Boxing Scene

Kazakh prospect Yevgeniy Pavlov signs with CES Boxing

Yevgeniy Pavlov, an unbeaten junior featherweight prospect from Kazakhstan, has signed an exclusive promotional contract with CES Boxing, according to a press release from the New England-based ...