classical conditioningassociative learningA biographical summary of Ivan Pavlov is presented, emphasizing his academic formation and achievements, and hiscontributions to general science and psychology. His main findings on associative learning are described and three areasof current development in this area ...
Figure 1. Summary of the different phases of the Pavlov conditioning experiment with a dog. (A) Initially, the dog is untrained and, when presented the conditional stimulus (CS, the bell ring), it shows no reaction. When presented the unconditional stimulus (US, food), it starts to salivat...