Classical conditioning, sometimes referred to as Pavlovian conditioning, is one of the most well-known concepts in psychology. It can be described as the concept of learning through association, and ...

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Making an appropriate choice of action requires that the brain computes the value for each action on the basis of both expected rewards and expected punishments. A straightforward way to perform this ...

The elucidation of the classical conditioning paradigm has been attributed to Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine for his work on reflexes and ...