Jerzy Konorski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerzy Konorski

Polish neuroscientist

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1903

Place of Birth: Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 14-Nov-1973

Profession: psychiatrist, neuroscientist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jerzy Konorski (1 December 1903 in Lódz, Congress Poland – 14 November 1973 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish neurophysiologist who further developed the work of Ivan Pavlov by discovering secondary conditioned reflexes and operant conditioning.
He also proposed the idea of gnostic neurons, a concept similar to the grandmother cell.
He coined the term neural plasticity, and he developed theoretical ideas regarding it that are similar to those proposed soon after by Donald Hebb.