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Classical Conditioning -- That sound is the sound that you hear when you urinate, so your mind has paired that sound with the act of urinating... so when you you hear the sound your mind associates it with the action and thus your budy begins to experience the sensation.

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The sound of running water can trigger the urge to urinate due to a conditioned response from associating the sound with the act of urination. This is known as "pavlovian conditioning," where the brain associates a specific stimulus (sound of running water) with a learned behavior (urination).

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