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Classical conditioning is a term that means learning from the result the association of stimuli (Bee, 29). We have seen this used in experiments all throughout time whether it was Pavlov's dog, or some annoying student at Bowling Green State University shooting his roommate with an air soft gun. People have since furthered the experiments to test the limits of Pavlov's theory. Professor Noam Sobel and his student Anat Azri decided to experiment with a type of conditioning that involves odors while sleeping. The two researchers along with their study group would play a tone associated with a certain order either good or bad while the subject was asleep, then when awaken later the subject would hear the same tone associated with the smell. The subject would have no recollection of hearing the tone, but Professor Sobel noticed that the subject nostrils and breathing patterns would change as a result from the tone being played. This is a truly remarkable study because we now see that we can truly condition people to learn anything.

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