His most famous work involved the rule of covariation of synaptic weight between two neurons, a process now known as Hebbian learning or more generally, Hebbian theory.
Donald Olding Hebb (July 22, 1904 – August 20, 1985) was a 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.
DonaldHebb was born in Chester, Nova Scotia and lived there until the age of 16, when his parents moved to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Best known for the Organization of Behavior, Hebb's study of the effect of early and late brain damage on intelligence has had a major impact on the psychology of individual differences.
Importantly, Hebb's research (presented at the 1941 Annual General Meeting of the American Psychological Association) provided independent, neuropsychological support for a multifaceted intellectual structure.
Hebb's work with primates led to his anthropomorphic description of "chimpanzee horror." This is when these animals are confronted with replicas of dismembered body parts.
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