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Donald O. Hebb
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Canadian neuroscientist (1904–1985)
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Donald Olding Hebb (1904–1985) was a Canadian psychologist, neuroscientist, and professor. Born in Chester, he held Canadian citizenship and was educated at Dalhousie University, McGill University, and Harvard University, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy. He served as a professor at McGill University and was a doctoral supervisor to Brenda Milner.
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 written works include *Organization of Behavior* and *Essays on Mind*.
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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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers
· 1984 · cited 33,964x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,118x
- The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two new functionals and systematic testing of four M06-class functionals and 12 other functionals
· 2007 · cited 28,939x
- An Algorithm for Least-Squares Estimation of Nonlinear Parameters
· 1963 · cited 24,441x
- The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
· 1983 · cited 24,119x
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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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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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