Gordon H. Bower

Gordon H. Bower 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 Chair Professorship at Stanford University. In addition to his research, Bower also was a notable adviser to numerous students, such as John R. Anderson and others.

He was voted number 42 in the list of most notable psychologists of the 20th century, published by Hagbloom {2002}.