Donald Hebb

Biodata

• Lahir: 22 Juli 1904, Chester, Nova Scotia
• Meninggal: 20 Agustus 1985
• Profesi: Psychologist

Kontribusi

• Hebbian learning (1949) — aturan belajar pertama untuk neural network:

  “When an axon of cell A is near enough to excite 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.”

• Disebut juga: “neurons that fire together, wire together”

Buku

• The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory (1949)

Karier

• McGill University — professor

Signifikansi

Hebbian learning adalah dasar untuk hampir semua unsupervised learning di neural network. STDP (Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity) di neuroscience adalah versi modernnya.