Hebbian Theory

  It was Dr. Donald Hebb who proposed Hebbian theory in his book, The Organization of Behavior (1949). In fact, this Canadian psychologist is considered a pioneer of psychobiology. It’s because he suggested an idea that was revolutionary at the time: associating behavior with the performance of the nervous system. In Hebb’s time, the scientific field only viewed the stimulus and response mechanism and behaviorism as valid concepts. However, Hebbian theory proposed that much of human behavior is explained by analyzing the neural dynamics produced in the brain. Thanks to the work of this psychologist, interest in physiology as an…