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“One can truly say that the irresistible progress of natural science since the time of Galileo has made its first halt before the study of the higher parts of the brain, the organ of the most complicated relations of the animal to the external world. And it seems, and not without reason, that now is the really critical moment for natural science; for the brain, in its highest complexity-the human brain-which created and creates natural science, itself becomes the object of this science.”

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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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