Pavllovian Response (humor)

Have you ever wanted to make a dog salivate on command? No? Me either, but if you ever want to you can give your thanks to a man name Ivan Pavlov. Who is this deity of digestion? Ivan Pavlov has lived a very distinguished life and has even won a Nobel Prize for his work.

Pavlov was born in a small village in Russia. Pavlov's dog was born a poor black child in eastern Moscow. When Ivan was young, his family had hoped that he would become a priest, but since he preferred pursuing science as opposed to young boys, he enrolled in the University of St. Petersburg. There he studied to become a Chemist, Physiologist, and Gynacologist of the stars. He received his doctorate in 1879. Afterward he continued his studies into the things that interested him most, blood circulation and digestion. Meanwhile Pavlov's Dog was having a rough time in the dangerous parts of the infamous "Marina District". Ivan however was having the time of his life attending scientific conventions, scientific cocktail parties, and scientific games of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". He became a very popular person in the scientific scene, especially with the Imperial Medical Academy, whose hobbies just so happened to include circulating blood and digesting things.

One day while visiting the Imperial Medical Academy, he ran into a homeless dog roaming the street in front of the Academy. Ivan thought that since he had let his parents down by not becoming a priest, helping this poor unfortanate mutt would put him back in good standings not only with his parents but also with god. Silly him.

The work that made Ivan Pavlov a household name in psychology actually began as a study in digestion. His study was the digestive system of dogs, more specifically, his. He was trying to figure out the interaction of salivation and the action of the dog's stomach. He asked his studies "are salinization and the actions of the stomach closely linked by reflexes in the autonomic nervous system?" The studies had this to say, "Yes, without salivation, the stomach didn't get the message to start digesting." Ivan then replied, "thank you."

Pavlov wanted to throw a wrench in this system and see if this process could be stimulated by an external activity. In this case, he rang a metronome, but if you kiddies want to try