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

For others, the songs can trigger an almost Pavlovian response.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 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

He even forwarded me a few photos of the slabs available, which instantly invoked a Pavlovian response.

From Washington Post • Jul. 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