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19491940s
Donald Hebb
Psychologist who formulated the learning theory fundamental to unsupervised neural networks.
Organizations
McGill UniversityUniversity of ChicagoHarvard University
Major Achievements
- •Published 'The Organization of Behavior' (1949), introducing Hebbian theory.
- •Provided a biological mechanism for learning: 'Neurons that fire together, wire together'.
- •Influenced the development of unsupervised learning algorithms in artificial intelligence.
Key Papers
- The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
Donald O. Hebb · Wiley · 1949