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Donald O. Hebb
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Canadian neuroscientist (1904–1985)
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Donald Olding Hebb was a Canadian psychologist, neuroscientist, and professor. Born in Chester in 1904, he died in the same location in 1985. He was educated at Harvard University, Dalhousie University, and McGill University, where he was employed. Hebb held a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was interested in psychology. He spoke and wrote in English.
Hebb was a member of the Royal Society, the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences. He received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society and was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. His doctoral student was Brenda Milner.
Hebb authored four works, including *Leib-Seele-Problem*, *El problema mente-cerebro*, *Organization of Behavior*, and *Essays on Mind*. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Leib-Seele-Problem
- El problema mente-cerebro
- Organization of Behavior
- Essays on Mind
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1904-07-22 ) July 22, 1904, Chester, Nova Scotia , Canada
- Died
- August 20, 1985 (1985-08-20) (aged 81), Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Alma mater
- Dalhousie University ( BA , 1925), McGill University ( MA , 1932), Harvard University ( PhD , 1936)
- Known for
- Cell assembly theory
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Fields
- Psychology
- Institutions
- Montreal Neurological Institute , Queen's University , Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology , McGill University
- Thesis
- The innate organization of visual perception in the rat (1936)
- Doctoral advisor
- Karl Spencer Lashley
- Doctoral students
- Brenda Milner
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Chester
- Place of death
- Chester
- Occupation
- professor
- Educated at
- McGill University
- Employer
- McGill University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
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- date of birth
- 1904-07-22
- date of death
- 1985-08-20
- member of
- Canadian Medical Association
- birth name
- Donald Olding Hebb
- interested in
- psychology
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Donald Olding Hebb FRS (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. He is best known for his theory of Hebbian learning, which he introduced in his classic 1949 work The Organization of Behavior. He has been described as the father of neuropsychology and neural networks. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Hebb as the 19th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. His views on learning described behavior and thought in terms of brain function, explaining cognitive processes in terms of connections between neuron assemblies.
Early life
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