Pavlovian response
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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
When big box stores and radio stations start playing the tune, it elicits a Pavlovian response to start shopping.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2022
Beal, as much as he appreciated being in the know, joked about developing a Pavlovian response to his phone going off.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
Footage of spectators reacting to the painting suggests that one can produce a Pavlovian response to an artwork merely by labeling it a Leonardo.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 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
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