| Abstract: | Donald Olding Hebb ranks among the 20th century's most eminent and influential theorists in the realm of brain function and behavior. His premier theoretical synthesis was the book The Organization of Behavior, published in 1949, when the author was 45. Hebb's second major contribution was A Textbook of Psychology, first published in 1958 and eventually translated into 11 different languages. Hebb passed away on August 20, 1985 while in the hospital for what was expected to be minor corrective surgery on an arthritic hip. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
