Who was Ivan Pavlov?

Have you ever heard the music from an ice cream truck and suddenly wanted a yummy strawberry popsicle before you even saw it? Your brain is playing a trick on you! Join Mira and Finn on Philosophy is Not Boring as they travel back in time to 1900 to meet Ivan Pavlov, a famous Russian scientist who made an amazing discovery almost completely by accident! Pavlov was just trying to study dog stomachs, but he noticed something super strange. His dogs started drooling at the sound of his lab assistant's footsteps! Why? Because their brains made a secret shortcut linking the sound of footsteps to their dinner! We explore the mind-bending science of "classical conditioning" and discover how our brains wire us to react to random smells, sounds, and jingles every single day. Plus, get ready for a giant historical plot twist: Pavlov didn't actually use a bell in his most famous experiment! Put on your lab coat, tune in for some mind-blowing science trivia, and test your brain with our awesome episode quiz!