Ivan Pavlov

Russian physiologist, 1904 Nobel laureate for digestion work, who discovered conditioned reflexes along the way.

Specifications & Metrics

lifespan

1849-1936

nationality

Russian

tradition

Physiology / classical conditioning

Core Principles & Analysis

• Pavlov won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on the physiology of digestion.
• Dogs salivating before food arrived led him to conditional reflexes, which he studied systematically for decades.
• Classical conditioning became the foundation of behaviorism and remains standard vocabulary in learning theory.

Sources

• Nobel Prize — Ivan Pavlov facts