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

  • Written by Edward Wasserman, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Iowa
imageWhen the ringing of a bell comes to mean something more.Maisei Raman/Shutterstock.com

My ears perked up when, in recent weeks, I heard Donald Trump and Ivan Pavlov mentioned twice in connection with each other. After all, I’m an experimental psychologist who journeyed to Russia to conduct conditioning research with Pavlov’s last living...

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