Andrew Huberman· PhD
“Fire together wire together” = the words of Dr. Carla Shatz, not those of Donald Hebb.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
“Fire together wire together” = the words of Dr. Carla Shatz, not those of Donald Hebb.
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Yes, Carla- - Not Donald Hebb, by the way. [David laughing] I keep trying to, there's a widespread myth in the world which is that, fire together wire together was said by, this psychologist, Donald Hebb Donald Hebb did many important things, but it is the neurobiologist Carla Shatz- - That's exactly right. - Who, Yes, is at Stanford but was also at Berkeley and Harvard. So, also decent schools. - That's exactly right. - But is at Stanford, who said, fire together wire together. And so she deserves, - Right. - the credit for that statement.
yeah beautiful statement by Carla shatz not Donald Hebb Dr Carla shat said that not Donald Hebb