Leningrad Physiological Institute


Ivan Pavlov’s research into classical conditioning and reflex systems made his pack of laboratory dogs world famous. However, not even their celebrity as stars of the scientific world could save them during the horrendous Siege of Leningrad. As conditions worsened, the successors to Pavlov’s original dogs were eaten by famished researchers. Ivan Pavlov was a physiologist but is best remembered for his psychological observations that developed […]

Pavlovian response