Pavlovian session

The Pavlovian session (Russian: Павловская сессия) was the joint session of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences held on June 28 to July 4, 1950.^[1] The session was organized by the Soviet Government headed by Joseph Stalin in order to fight Western influences in Russian physiological sciences. During the session, a number of Ivan Pavlov's former students attacked another group of his students (Leon Orbeli, Pyotr Anokhin, Aleksey Speransky, Ivan Beritashvili) whom they accused of deviating from Pavlov's teaching. As the result of this session, Soviet physiology excluded itself from the international scientific community for many years.^[2]^[3]

^ Scientific Session on the Physiological Teachings of Academician Ivan P. Pavlov: June 28-July 4, 1950. Academy of Sciences of the USSR Academy. University Press of the Pacific (July 1, 2001) ISBN 978-0-89875-472-8 Google preview.
^ Windholz G (1997) 1950 Joint Scientific Session: Pavlovians as the accusers and the accused. J Hist Behav Sci 33: 61-81.
^ Brushlinsky A (1997) The "Pavlovian" session of the two academies. European Psychologist 2: 102-105 Special issue: 100 Years After Ivan P. Pavlov's The Work of the Digestive Glands.

[Pavlovian_session-1] Scientific Session on the Physiological Teachings of Academician Ivan P. Pavlov: June 28-July 4, 1950. Academy of Sciences of the USSR Academy. University Press of the Pacific (July 1, 2001) ISBN 978-0-89875-472-8 Google preview.

[Windholz_1997-2] Windholz G (1997) 1950 Joint Scientific Session: Pavlovians as the accusers and the accused. J Hist Behav Sci 33: 61-81.

[Brushlinsky_1997-3] Brushlinsky A (1997) The "Pavlovian" session of the two academies. European Psychologist 2: 102-105 Special issue: 100 Years After Ivan P. Pavlov's The Work of the Digestive Glands.

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