2026 Gordon H. Bower: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	90	935	591	196	53252

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Psychology

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Research.com Recognitions

2005 - US President's National Medal of Science "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.
1989 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
1979 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
1974 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Gordon H. Bower was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research contributions were primarily in the field of psychology, with a focus on experimental and cognitive psychology as well as social psychology.

The main topics of their work included:

Mental Health Research Topics
Cultural Differences and Values

Bower received several notable awards during their career. These included:

U.S. President's National Medal of Science (2005), awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007, with the 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."
William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science (1989)
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association (1979)
Fellow of the American Psychological Association (1974)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1973)

Their work intersected multiple subfields within psychology, which included:

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology

Throughout their career, Bower contributed to the understanding of cognitive processes related to memory and learning, as reflected in the recognition by various scientific bodies.

Best Publications

Mood and memory

Gordon H. Bower

9154
Citations
Human Associative Memory

John R. Anderson;Gordon H. Bower

5676
Citations
Organization of memory.

Endel Tulving;Wayne Donaldson;Gordon H. Bower

2277
Citations
Scripts in memory for text

Gordon H Bower;John B Black;Terrence J Turner

2272
Citations
Mood effects on person-perception judgments

Joseph P. Forgas;Gordon H. Bower

1368
Citations
From conditioning to category learning: an adaptive network model.

Mark A. Gluck;Gordon H. Bower

1279
Citations
RECOGNITION AND RETRIEVAL PROCESSES IN FREE RECALL

John R. Anderson;Gordon H. Bower

1161
Citations
Mental models in narrative comprehension

Gordon H. Bower;Daniel G. Morrow

877
Citations
Mood effects on subjective probability assessment

William F Wright;Gordon H Bower

852
Citations
Mood and self-efficacy: Impact of joy and sadness on perceived capabilities

David J. Kavanagh;Gordon H. Bower

827
Citations
Theories of Learning

Gordon H. Bower;Ernest R. Hilgard

741
Citations
Hierarchical retrieval schemes in recall of categorized word lists

Gordon H. Bower;Michal C. Clark;Alan M. Lesgold;David Winzenz

661
Citations
Accessibility and situation models in narrative comprehension

Daniel G Morrow;Steven L Greenspan;Gordon H Bower

631
Citations
The Influence of Mood on Perceptions of Social Interactions

Joseph P Forgas;Joseph P Forgas;Gordon H Bower;Susan E Krantz

626
Citations
Remembering information related to one's self ☆

Gordon H. Bower;Stephen G. Gilligan

607
Citations
Analysis of a Mnemonic Device

Gordon H. Bower

606
Citations
Mood Congruity of Social Judgments

Gordon H. Bower

567
Citations
Depth of processing pictures of faces and recognition memory

Gordon H. Bower;Martin B. Karlin

566
Citations
An introduction to mathematical learning theory

Harley Bornbach;Richard C. Atkinson;Gordon H. Bower;Edward J. Crothers

520
Citations
Selectivity of learning caused by affective states.

Gordon H. Bower;Stephen G. Gilligan;Kenneth P. Monteiro

517
Citations
Psychology of Learning and Motivation

Gordon H. Bower

191
Citations
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 17)

Gordon H. Bower

169
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Anderson Carnegie Mellon University

Mike Rinck Radboud University

Joseph P. Forgas University of New South Wales

John D. Mayer University of New Hampshire

Daniel G. Morrow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ernest R. Hilgard Stanford University

Tom Trabasso University of Chicago

Mark A. Gluck Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jerome A. Yesavage Stanford University

John W. Berry Queen's University

External Links

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