i've heard this author's other work is very well-made and thought out, so the possibility came to my mind ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა
As a fan of their previous work Count Tachibana I think this is a definite possibility! Without spoiling much, that story dealt pretty heavily with psychology
fun theory that the pavlov mention is foreshadowing. the mc will have character development and become more like the experimenter than his dog