Ivan Pavlov

Russian physiologist, the founder of the doctrine of higher nervous activity.

When the dog is repeatedly teased with the sight of objects inducing salivary secretion from a distance, the reaction of the salivary glands grows weaker and weaker and finally drops to zero.More Ivan Pavlov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.More Ivan Pavlov quotes [12/18/2011 04:12:45]

Thanks to our present surgical methods in physiology we can demonstrate at any time almost all phenomena of digestion without the loss of even a single drop of blood, without a single scream from the animal undergoing the experiment.More Ivan Pavlov quotes [12/18/2011 04:12:16]

The Sun-Paul must consider only one thing: what is the relation of this or that external reaction of the animal to the phenomena of the external world?More Ivan Pavlov quotes [12/18/2011 04:12:00]

From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands.More Ivan Pavlov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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A thought must tell at once, or not at all. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

I would like to call your attention to ... an evil that, if allowed to continue, will probably lead to great trouble ... It is the accumulation of vast amounts of untaxed church property. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More