Donald Hebb
A pioneering neuropsychologist known for his theory of Hebbian learning, encapsulated by the phrase 'neurons that fire together, wire together'.
Quotes by Donald Hebb
The brain is the most important thing to educate and stimulate.
The brain is the most important thing to understand and appreciate.
The brain is the most important thing to research and explore.
The brain is the most important thing to invest in for the future.
The brain is the most important thing to celebrate and admire.
The brain is the most important thing to cherish and preserve.
The brain is the most important thing to learn about and teach others.
The brain is the most important thing to inspire and motivate.
The brain is the most important thing to connect with and understand.
The brain is the most important thing to explore and discover.
The brain is the most important thing to marvel at and contemplate.
When an axon of cell A is near enough to excite a cell B and repeatedly or persistently takes part in firing it, some growth process or metabolic change takes place in one or both cells such that A's efficiency, as one of the cells firing B, is increased.
Any two cells or systems of cells that are repeatedly active at the same time will tend to become ‘associated’, so that activity in one facilitates activity in the other.
The organization of behavior is a problem in the organization of the nervous system.
Psychology should be continuous with physiology.
The function of the brain is not merely to receive inputs but to organize them into coherent patterns.
Learning is not a matter of storing information but of changing the structure of the nervous system.
The assembly of cells that are connected together will act as a unit.
Behavior is the result of the momentary organization of the brain.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.