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| | Ivan Pavlov (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Pavlov was investigating the gastric function of dogs, by externalising a salivary gland so he could collect, measure, and analyse the saliva produced in response to food under different conditions. |
 | | Perhaps unfortunately, Pavlov's phrase "conditional reflex" was mistranslated from the Russian as "conditioned reflex", and other scientists reading his work concluded that since such reflexes were conditioned, they must be produced by a process called conditioning. |
 | | Unlike many pre-revolutionary scientists, Pavlov was highly regarded by the Soviet government, and was able to continue his researches until he was a considerable age. |
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