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 meant less liberation from the office and more never not working, creating a Pavlovian response to the clicks, dings and buzzes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
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
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
