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“If we could look through the skull into the brain of a consciously thinking person, and if the place of optimal excitability were luminous, then we should see playing over the cerebral surface, a bright spot with fantastic, waving borders constantly fluctuating in size and form, surrounded by a darkness more or less deep, covering the rest of the hemisphere.”

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Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian physiologist born on September 26, 1849, and died on February 27, 1936. Known for his groundbreaking work in the field of conditioned reflexes, Pavlov's contributions have had a profound impact on psychology, neuroscience, and related disciplines. more

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