Gordon H. Bower Ph.D.
Gordon H. Bower Ph.D.
National Medal of Science – Behavior and Social Science 2005
Photo: Courtesy Dr. Gordon Bower
Name: Gordon Bower
Birth: 30 December, 1932
Death: Died: June 17, 2020, Stanford, CA
Title: Albert Ray Lang Professor Emeritus
Affiliation: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Citation: “For his unparalleled contributions to cognitive and mathematical psychology, for his lucid analyses of memory and learning, and for his important service to psychology and to American science.” Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.
Doctoral Advisors: Neal Miller and Frank Logan, Experimental Psychology, Yale University, 1959
“Psychologist, Cognitive-Social. Human memory, mnemonic devices, retrieval strategies, recording strategies, category learning. Cognitive processes, emotion, imagery, language and reading comprehension as they relate to memory. Mathematical Models, Computer Simulation of Memory, Behavior Modification.”
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