Around the beginning of the 20th century, Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov taught dogs to associate doggie dinner with the sound of a bell — and so trained them to reflexively salivate when they heard ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Classical conditioning is one of those ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Much of my work is helping reactive dogs. In dog training, reactivity is a negative emotional response to some sort of trigger in the environment. Some ...