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Neuropsychology. Donald Olding Hebb FRS [1] (July 22, 1904 – August 20, 1985) was a Canadian psychologist who was influential in the area of neuropsychology, where he sought to understand how the function of neurons contributed to psychological processes such as learning.
Dec 1, 2003 · Donald O. Hebb is best known for his neurophysiological postulate on learning (Box 1, Box 2 and Box 3), which appeared in his book The Organization of Behavior 1, published in 1949.Stemming from ...
- Richard E. Brown, Peter M. Milner
- 2003
1980: The Donald O. Hebb award was created and named in his honour. Hebb was the first recipient. It is awarded annually to member or fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association for their contribution to Canadian psychology as a science. 2003: Posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Other Resources
Donald Olding (D. O.) Hebb (1904-1985) was, during his lifetime, an extraordinarily influential figure for the disciplines of psychology and behavioral and computational neuroscience. Since his death, Hebb's seminal ideas exert an ever-growing influence on those interested in the mind -- natural minds (cognitive science) and artificial minds ...
Donald Olding Hebb (July 22, 1904 – August 20, 1985) was a prominent Canadian psychologist. His seminal book The Organization of Behavior, published in 1949, established Hebb's position in psychology, and led to him being described as the father of neuropsychology, although that title might also belong to Alexander Luria, and of neural networks.
Apr 6, 2020 · The Organization of Behavior has played a significant part in the development of behavioural neuroscience for the last 70 years. This book introduced the concepts of the “Hebb synapse”, the “Hebbian cell assembly” and the “Phase sequence”. The most frequently cited of these is the Hebb synapse, but the cell assembly may be Hebb’s most important contribution. Even after 70 years ...
- Richard E. Brown
- rebrown@dal.ca
- 2020
Jan 1, 2005 · Donald O. Hebb's biography This year sees the centenary of the birth of Donald Olding Hebb, who was born on July 22, 1904, in Chester, Nova Scotia. The best source for detail of Hebb's life and thought is his autobiographical chapter [1] , which he wrote in 1976, but supplementary material can be found in other accounts, e.g. [2] , [3] , [4 ...
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