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HEBB'S neurophysiological theory1 assumes that learning involves the formation of diffuse networks, termed ‘cell assemblies’, as a consequence of reverberatory neural activity which continues after the stimulation of specific receptors has ceased. According to his ‘dual trace’ hypothesis, the reverberatory neural activity leads to structural or perhaps biochemical changes at the synapse; and it is these changes which provide a neurophysiological basis for ‘permanent’ memory or learning.
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ROSS, R. Effects of Strychnine Sulphate on Maze Learning in Rats. Nature 201, 109–110 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201109a0
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