Has anyone else had the experience of feeling an intense desire to urinate when 
filling a glass of water or otherwise hearing water run like in a creek (I 
think this is an auditory experience -- I don't think that just seeing water 
causes this response).

Although one would be tempted to refer to this as a classically conditioned 
response, I am not sure how that would work. At best, the sound of urination is 
simultaneous with the act of urinating and it does not predict the US in any 
way.

If the US is a full bladder and the UR is urination, how does the sound of 
running water become the CS reliably predicting the US?

Rick

Dr. Rick Froman, Chair
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of Psychology
Box 3055
John Brown University
2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR  72761
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