Sep 26, Ivan Pavlov: Today in the History of Psychology (26th September 1849)

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born. A Nobel prize winning physiologist and scientist, Pavlov's groundbreaking work on conditioned reflexes derived from his observations of the reflex regulation of the activity of the digestive glands in dogs had a profound impact on modern behavioral psychology; influencing the work of such luminaries as John B. Watson, Edward Thorndike and B.F. Skinner.(Note: Sources drawing on the old style (O.S.) Julian calendar record Pavlov's date of birth as September 14th 1849) See following link to learn all about the fascinating history of psychology.History of Psychology
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