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Gantt, Pavlov and freud: A comparison

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Contrasts between classical Pavlovianism and classical psychoanalysis have been emphasized, but there are also significant similarities of which I write. A recent edition of a textbook of psychiatry which is widely used in the United States (Kaplan and Sadock 1985) indexes neither Pavlov nor Gantt, although it provides extensive coverage of psychoanalysis.

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    William G. Reese M.D. (Marie Wilson Howells Professor and Chairman Emeritus)

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Reese, W.G. Gantt, Pavlov and freud: A comparison. Pav. J. Biol. Sci. 22, 153–156 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02700145

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