Ivan Pavlov
By Phillip Maggio
Pavlov
- Was a Russian physiologist
- Inspired by progressive ideas when he was young
- Abandoned his religious career to pursue a career in science
- Moved from Russia to Germany for his studies
- Studied the technique of maintaining external nerve supply
- Later became a professor
- Focused on the gastric functions of children
- Famous study involved classical conditioning, where he used dogs to study salivation of dogs and the triggers that caused it
- Won Nobel Prize for medicine