Gordon H. Bower

Gordon H. Bower

Gordon H. Bower (born December 30, 1932) is a cognitive psychologist studying human memory, language comprehension, emotion, and behavior modification. He received his Ph.D. in learning theory from Yale University in 1959. He currently holds the A. R. Lang Emeritus Professorship at Stanford University. In addition to his research, Bower also was a notable adviser to numerous students, including John R. Anderson, Lawrence W. Barsalou, Lera Boroditsky, Keith Holyoak, Stephen Kosslyn, Alan Lesgold, and Robert Sternberg, among others.

He was voted number 42 in the list of most notable psychologists of the 20th century, published by Haggbloom {2002}. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2005.

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v · d · eUnited States National Medal of Science laureates
 Behavioral and social science
1960s
1980s

1986: Herbert A. Simon · 1987: Anne Anastasi · George J. Stigler · 1988: Milton Friedman
1990s
2000s

2000: Gary Becker · 2001: George Bass · 2003: R. Duncan Luce · 2004: Kenneth Arrow · 2005: Gordon H. Bower · 2008: Michael I. Posner · 2009: Mortimer Mishkin



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