Sixty years after Hebb: proof of cell assemblies

Hebb, learning and memory 1 Minute

Human memories are a lot like Hebb imagined in his book, The Organization of Behavior (1949)…

From today’s NY Times. Money quote:

The recordings, taken from the brains of epilepsy patients being prepared for surgery, demonstrate that these spontaneous memories reside in some of the same neurons that fired most furiously when the recalled event had been experienced.

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Native Angeleno, professor of Neuroscience and Public Policy at George Mason University

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