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The Conditioned Reflex
Pavlov's trained involuntary response
The Conditioned Reflex in the timeline
1903 The conditioned reflex
Pavlov begins the studies of conditioned reflexes, the body trained to respond to a signal, that will define the physiology of the mind.
1904-12-10 Pavlov wins the Nobel Prize
Ivan Pavlov receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on digestion, the first Russian laureate, and turns toward the conditioned reflex.
1907 Bekhterev founds the Psychoneurological Institute
In St Petersburg, Bekhterev founds Russia's first psychoneurological institute, approved in June 1907 and opened to students in February 1908, a base for his reflexology and his studies of suggestion.