Donald O. Hebb

Donald Olding Hebb
Born(1904-07-22)July 22, 1904
Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedAugust 20, 1985(1985-08-20) (aged 81)
Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Alma materDalhousie University (BA, 1925),
McGill University (MA, 1932),
Harvard University (PhD, 1936)
Known forCell assembly theory
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
FieldsPsychologist
InstitutionsMontreal Neurological Institute,
Queen's University,
Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology,
McGill University

Donald Olding Hebb FRS (July 22, 1904 – August 20, 1985) was a Canadian psychologist. His works were about the area of neuropsychology. His works were about how to understand the function of neurons to psychological processes such as learning. His best known work was The Organization of Behavior. He was ranked as the 19th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

References

  1. ↑ Milner, P. M.; Milner, B. (1996). "Donald Olding Hebb. 22 July 1904-20 August 1985". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 42 (42): 192–204. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1996.0012. PMID 11619332. S2CID 20555128.
  2. ↑ Biographies of Donald Olding Hebb Archived November 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Hebb, D. O. (1949). The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory. New York: Wiley and Sons. ISBN 9780471367277. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. ↑ Haggbloom, Steven J.; Warnick, Renee; Warnick, Jason E.; Jones, Vinessa K.; Yarbrough, Gary L.; Russell, Tenea M.; Borecky, Chris M.; McGahhey, Reagan; et al. (2002). "The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century". Review of General Psychology. 6 (2): 139–152. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. S2CID 145668721.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)