The mind and Donald O. Hebb.

Alfred McCoy, Hebb, the CIA and torture.

The publication of Alfred McCoy’s (2006) book A Question of Torture implicated Hebb in CIA-funded research on brainwashing. Chapter 2 of McCoy’s book, “Mind Control,” examines how Hebb’s research was drawn into the web of the CIA. Although McCoy did a prodigious amount of research for his book—15 years in the writing—he, like many others, seems to have confused the work of Hebb with that of Ewe...

The Once and Future Hebb Synapse

The Hebb synapse has become better known than Donald Hebb himself. In this respect he has joined an exclusive club along with the Ising model in condensed matter physics and Parkinson's disease in medicine. This is not to say that Hebb has not made other important contributions, as Peter Milner and Bryan Kolb document, but the Hebb synapse has eclipsed these other achievements. The goal of this...

The life and work of Donald Olding Hebb.

In his book, The Organization of Behavior, Donald Olding Hebb introduced the concepts of synaptic plasticity and cell assemblies to provide a theory of the neurophysiological basis of behaviour. Hebb's ideas, as presented in this book and other writings, influenced all areas of psychology and neuroscience. Hebb was born in Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada and attended Dalhousie University (BA, 1925...

Human perception: a science of synergy.

This article is loosely based on an address given to the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science at their annual meeting on June 7, 2013, in honor of being named the 2013 Donald O. Hebb Distinguished Contribution Award Winner. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

Donald Olding Hebb: 22 July 1904 - 20 August 1985.