The Persistence of Activity, a Problem That Dental Hebb Hated

Dental Hebb thought that if two neurons fire activated simultaneously, then the connection between them should be strengthened. But when an electrophysiologist actually did that experiment, they found it to be a much more complicated process than he'd imagined. Theory of associative memory is based on what's known as "plasticity" and has been observed in many different places around the world.