Donald Olding Hebb FRS [1] (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.

Donald Hebb (1904-1985) is often considered the “father of neuropsychology” because of the way he was able to merge the psychological world with the world of neuroscience. This achievement was accomplished largely through his work The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory which was published in 1949.

Donald Hebb was known as the “father of neuropsychology” for his work in merging the worlds of psychology and neuroscience. This was largely accomplished through his seminal work The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory, published in 1949.

Even after 70 years, Hebb’s theory is still relevant because it is a general framework for relating behavior to synaptic organization through the development of neural networks. The Organization of Behavior was Hebb’s 40th publication.

Donald HEBB, PhD D.O. Hebb was probably the most influential psychologist of the 20th century. His great achievement was to persuade a generation of psychologists that in order to understand the behaviour of living organisms it made sense to …

Dec 1, 2003 · Donald O. Hebb (Fig. 1) is best known for his neurophysiological postulate on learning (Box 1, Box 2 and Box 3), which appeared in his book The Organization of Behavior 1, published...

Donald Olding Hebb (July 22, 1904 – August 20, 1985) was a prominent Canadian psychologist. His seminal book The Organization of Behavior, published in 1949, established Hebb's position in psychology, and led to him being described as the father of neuropsychology, although that title might also belong to Alexander Luria, and of neural networks.

Born in Chester, Nova Scotia, Dr. Donald Hebb went on to career as a world-renowned scientist and was responsible for the advancement of physiological studies in psychology.

Dec 13, 2007 · Donald Olding Hebb, FRS, FRSC, psychologist (born 22 July 1904 in Chester, NS; died 20 August 1985 in Halifax). Donald Olding Hebb has been credited by some sources as the “father of neuropsychology.” He is widely recognized for the publication of The Organization of Behaviour: A Neuropsychological Theory (1949).

D.O. Hebb was probably the most influential psychologist of the 20th century. His great achievement was to persuade a generation of psychologists that in order to understand the behaviour of living organisms it made sense to study the …