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
When big box stores and radio stations start playing the tune, it elicits a Pavlovian response to start shopping.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2022
For others, the songs can trigger an almost Pavlovian response.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022
Obviously continual response to the music had developed within them an almost Pavlovian response to the noise, a response which they believed was pleasure.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
