Charles River Editors provide an insightful summary of the life of one of behavioral science's leading lights, Ivan Pavlov.

Why do you start crying when a song you used to listen to with your ex pops on the radio? Why does your mouth know to start salivating when you think about buying a bag of pretzels?

Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov's famous classical conditioning theory formed a bedrock for behavioral science, earning him a Nobel Prize in 1904.

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In this book, readers are introduced to the life of one of the 20th century's most famous psychologists, describing the life events that influenced Ivan Pavlov's scientific work as well the legacy of his findings.