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Toward a Modern View of Pavlovian Conditioning in Applied Behavior Analysis

Matthew Lewon1, Michael Domjan2

  • 1University of Nevada, Reno, Psychology Department, MS 296, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557 USA.

Perspectives on Behavior Science
|June 5, 2026
PubMed
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Keywords:
Applied behavior analysisOperant conditioningPavlovian conditioningPavlovian-operant interactionsRespondent conditioning

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