Pavlovian response
Example Sentences
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It’s like hearing the sizzle of fajitas being paraded through a dining room, creating a Pavlovian response.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
It elicits a Pavlovian response in any ’90s kid, but to a child of the 2020s, it’s like nails on a chalkboard.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
“From the time that you get the ding on your Apple Watch that says, ‘New results are in your chart,’ it’s a sort of Pavlovian response of anxiety that kicks in,” Ms. Collins said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Seeing the program's hashtag trend on Twitter is enough to elicit a Pavlovian response at delighting in whatever new memes may have resulted in that day's smackdown.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2021
I have an instant Pavlovian response to it, remembering how I’d felt sitting in church with him looking at me through it.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
