In simple terms: Pavlov would ring a bell prior to feeding his dogs (his test subjects); the dogs were quickly conditioned and came to associate the ringing of the bell with the presentation of food.

you've probably heard of "Pavlov's dogs" or "Pavlov's bell." The phrases often describe situations where someone responds to a stimulus like they've been trained to do so. That's exactly where ...

Pavlov is a Corgi who could be a pro soccer player, and it's a lot of fun to watch him show off his skills. Not only does he ...

To measure the output of the dogs’ salivary glands, Pavlov surgically exposed these glands and fixed saliva-collecting tubes to the dogs’ cheeks. The oft-quoted “bell” used as a conditioned stimulus ...

The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov stumbled on the theory of classical conditioning (or the ‘Pavlovian response’) entirely by accident while researching dogs’ digestive secretions.