Pavlovian

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• If you don't believe us, try it — the sound of ice clanking in a shaker causes a kind of Pavlovian response in party-goers. Party-Ready Punch
• A smallish amassment of white powder, parsed into evenly-spaced rows, sits atop our Nuevo Roma coffee table's black marble surface, the sight of which, perhaps even just a week or so ago, would have produced a slavering Pavlovian-like effect over me, but tonight, it only makes my stomach drop and almost triples my heart rate, which Ashley immediately recognizes. Things You Can Do, Some Can't Be Done
• It seems to be a translation of Pavlovian conditioning into neural terms.
• As a result, markets are displaying some kind of Pavlovian reaction, activating classic reflation trades. Heritage's Ledermann eyes gold and emerging markets
• His hand came up in a Pavlovian reflex and rested on the window ledge. BLOOD IS DIRT
• By this theory, we are at the Pavlovian mercy of the food industry, which spends nearly $10 billion a year advertising unwholesome junk food and fast food.
• The sugar in the marinade caramelizes during the roasting, creating a dark reddish-brown crust, shiny as fresh lacquer, that acts as a Pavlovian signal to barbecue lovers.
• This procedure is also referred to as Pavlovian conditioning, after the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who first showed, over 100 years, ago that dogs quickly learn to associate the sound of a ringing bell with the presentation of food, so that after a number of pairings of the two stimuli, they begin to salivate in anticipation of being fed when presented with the bell alone. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
• Yet every mention of the word Palestine induced a kind of Pavlovian excitability among the attendees. Notable & Quotable
• Caroline's hand shot out in a Pavlovian reaction and Vic dutifully admired the ring. JUST BETWEEN US