Introduction
Hebb's account of learning emphasises that connections between neurons can change through joint activity. Although far removed from image generation, it helps establish a consequential hypothesis: capabilities need not be written into a system entirely as explicit rules, but may be acquired through experience and changes in connection strengths.
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Memory is understood through the organisation of neural connections.
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Cell assemblies and learning
Hebb’s 1949 book connects explanations of behaviour with the physiological organisation of the brain. Cell assemblies provide a proposed material basis for perceptions and mental concepts. McGill’s account emphasises learning through strengthened connections among co-active cells. This is a neuropsychological theory, not a machine that was already making pictures.
Section sources: Donald HEBB, PhD
How experience becomes structure
Within this genealogy, the entry distinguishes prewritten instructions from internal relationships formed through experience. It provides intellectual context for learning systems without proving that every later neural artwork directly descends from Hebb. Biological explanation and software training also remain different levels of description.
Section sources: Donald HEBB, PhD
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