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Hebb's accomplishments misunderstood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Michael Hucka
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109; michael.hucka@umich.edu
Mark Weaver
Affiliation:
Corvus Development, Inc., 2088 Georgetown Blvd., Ann Arbor, Ml 48105; mark.weaver@um.cc.umich.edu
Stephen Kaplan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109. stephen.kaplan@um.cc.umich.edu

Abstract

Amit's efforts to provide stronger theoretical and empirical support for Hebb's cell-assembly concept is admirable, but we have serious reservations about the perspective presented in the target article. For Hebb, the cell assembly was a building block; by contrast, the framework proposed here eschews the need to fit the assembly into a broader picture of its function.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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