GORDON H. BOWER
ALBERT RAY LANG PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY STANFORD UNIVERSITY (EMERITUS)
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY STANFORD, CA 94305
Home address: 750 Mayfield Avenue; Stanford, CA 94305. Home TELEPHONE: (650) 494-8163.
E-MAIL: gbower@stanford.edu
Bower, G. H., & Miller, N. (1958). Rewarding and punishing effects from stimulating the same place in the rat's brain. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 51, 669- 674.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1959). Response latency as a function of brain stimulation variables. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 52, 533-535.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1959). Choice-point behavior. In Bush, R. R. & Estes, W. K. (Eds.), Studies in mathematical learning theory. Stanford: Stanford University Press.PDF
Bower, G. H., Fowler, H., & Trapold, M. A. (1959). Escape learning as a function of amount of shock reduction. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58, 482-484.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Trapold, M. A. (1959). Reward magnitude and learning in a single-presentation discrimination. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 52, 727-729.PDF
Bower, G.H. (1959). A theory of serial discrimination learning. In R. R. Bush & W. K. Estes (Eds.) Studies in mathematical learning theory. Stanford, Ca; Stanford University Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1960). Partial and correlated reward in escape learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59, 126-130.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1960). Properties of the one-element model as applied to paired associate learning (Report No. 31). Stanford: Stanford University Press. Published essentially in Psychometrika, 1961.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Miller, N. (1960). Effects of amount of reward on strength of approach in an approach-avoidance conflict. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 53, 59-62.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1961). Correlated delay of reinforcement. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 54, 196-203.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1961). Application of the all-or-none conditioning model to the learning of compound responses (Report No. 37). Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences. Stanford: Stanford University Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1961). All or none model for verbal discrimination learning. Unpublished manuscript.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1961). Application of a model to paired-associate learning. Psychometrika, 26, 255-280.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1961). A contrast effect in differential conditioning. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 196-199.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1961). General three-state Markov learning models. Technical Report #41. Institute for mathematical studies in the social sciences. Stanford, Ca (Pp 1-16).PDF
Bower, G. H. (1962). The influence of graded reductions in reward and prior frustrating events upon the magnitude of the frustration effect. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 582-587.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1962). An association model for response and training variables in paired- associate learning. Psychological Review, 69, 34-53.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1962). Response strengths and choice probability: A consideration of two combination rules. In E. Nagel, P. Suppes & A. Tarski (Eds.), Logic, methodology, and philosophy of science: Proceedings of the 1960 International Congress. Stanford: Stanford University Press. PDF
Bower, G. H. (April, 1962). Some experiments related to a learning model. Paper given at Western Psychological Association Meeting. Unpublished manuscript, Stanford University.(No PDF)
Bower, G. H. (1963). Secondary reinforcement and frustration. Psychological Reports, 12, 359- 362.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Kaufman, R. (1963). Transfer across drives of the discriminative effect of a Pavlovian conditioned stimulus. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 6, 445- 448.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Trabasso, T. (1963). Reversals prior to solution in concept identification. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66, 409-418. Bower, G. H. (1964).PDF
Bower, G. H. (1963). Simple storage models for immediate memory. RAND Workshop; Santa Monica, CA.PDF
Grusec, T., & Bower, G.H. (1965). Response effort and the frustration hypothesis. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 60, #1, 128-130.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Grusec, T. (1964). Effect of prior Pavlovian discrimination training upon learning an operant discrimination. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 7, 40l- 404.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Theios, J. (1964). A test of the competing response-interference hypothesis of extinction. Psychonomic Science, 1, 395-396.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1964). Drive level and preference between two incentives. Psychonomic Science, 1, 132-133. PDF
Bower, G. H., & Theios, J. (1964). A learning model for discrete performance levels. In R. C. Atkinson (Ed.), Studies in mathematical psychology (pp. 1-31). Stanford: Stanford University Press.PDF
Bower, G. H.., & Trabasso, T. (1964). Concept identification. In R. C. Atkinson (Ed.), Studies in mathematical psychology. Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp. 32-93.PDF
Trabasso, T., & Bower, G. H. (1964). Memory in concept identification. Psychonomic Science, 1, 133-134.PDF
Trabasso, T., & Bower, G. H. (1964). Component learning in the four-category concept problem. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 1, 143-169. PDF
Atkinson, R. C., Bower, G. H., & Crothers, E. J. (1965). An introduction to mathematical learning theory. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Book).
Bower, G. H., Starr, R., & Lazarovitz, L. (1965). Amount of response-produced change in the CS and avoidance learning. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 59, 13-17. PDF
Grusec, T,. & Bower, G.H. (1965). Response effort and the frustration hypothesis. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 60 (#1), 128-130.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1966). Probability learning of response patterns. Psychonomic Science, 4, 215- 216.PDF
Bower, G. H., McLean, J., & Meacham, J. (1966). Value of knowing when reinforcement is due. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 62, 184-192.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Trabasso, T. (1966). Presolution dimensional shifts in concept identification: A test of the sampling with replacement axiom in all-or-none models. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 3, 163-173.PDF
Trabasso, T., Bower, G. H., Gelman, R., & Schaeffer, B. (1966). Selection and additivity of cues in concept identification. Psychonomic Science, 4, 35-36.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1967). A multicomponent theory of the memory trace. Psychology of learning and motivation (Vol. 1). New York: Academic Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1967). A descriptive theory of memory. In D. P. Kimble (Ed.), The Organization of recall (pp. 112-185). New York: The New York Academy of Sciences.PDF
Jonckheere, A. R., & Bower, G. H. (1967). Non-parametric trend tests for learning data. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 20, 163-186.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1967). Verbal learning. In H. Helson & W. Bevan (Eds.) Contemporary approaches to psychology. Chapter 5, pp.181-222. Princeton, N.J., van Nostrand Co.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Bostrom, A. (1968). Absence of within-list PI and RI in short-term recognition memory. Psychonomic Science, 10, 211-212.PDF
Bower, G. (Sept. 1968). Organizational factors in free recall. Invited address, Western Psychological Association, San Diego, CA; and convention of American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.(See also Bower, 1970. in Cognitive Psychology). PDF
Trabasso, T., & Bower, G. H. (1968). Attention in learning. New York: John Wiley & Sons.(Book).
Bower, G. (1968). Educational applications of mnemonics devices. Speech at convention of the American Educational Research Association.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1968). Fads, foibles, and fallacies of human memory. Speech delivered to Sigma Xi Society; Stanford University. Similar talk at Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX in Feb. 1976. PDF
Bobrow, S., & Bower, G. H. (1969). Comprehension and recall of sentences. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 80, 515-518. PDF
Bower, G. H., & Bolton, L. (1969). Why are rhymes easy to learn? Journal of Experimental Psychology, 82, 453-461. PDF
Bower, G.H. (1969). Elaborative strategies in associative learning. Speech at International Congress of Psychology; London. Pp 1-11.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1969). Chunks as interference units in free recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 8, 610-613. PDF
Bower, G. H., & Clark, M. (1969). Narrative stories as mediators for serial learning. Psychonomic Science, 14, 181-182.PDF
Bower, G. H., Clark, M., Lesgold, A., & Winzenz, D. (1969). Hierarchical retrieval schemes of recall of categorized word lists. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 8, 323- 343.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Lesgold, A. (1969). Organization as a determinant of part-to-whole transfer in free recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 8, 501-506. PDF
Bower, G. H., Lesgold, A., & Tieman, D. (1969). Grouping operations in free recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 8, 481-493. PDF
Bower, G. H., & Winzenz, D. (1969). Group structure coding and memory for digit series. Journal of Experimental Psychology Monographs, 80, (2, Pt. 2).PDF
Wolford, G., & Bower, G. H. (1969). Continuity theory revisited: Rejected for the wrong reasons? Psychological Review, 76, 515-518.PDF
Bernbach, H., & Bower, G. H. (1970). Confidence ratings in continuous paired-associate learning. Psychonomic Science, 21, 252-253.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1970). Analysis of a mnemonic device. American Scientist,58,496-519. PDF
Bower, G. H. (1970). Mental imagery in memory. In M. Foley, R. Lockhart & D. Messeck (Eds.), Contemporary reading in psychology (pp. 276-287). New York: Harper & Sons.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1970). Imagery as a relational organizer in associative learning. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 9, 529-533.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1970). Organizational factors in memory. Cognitive Psychology, 1, 18-46.PDF
Lesgold, A., & Bower, G. H. (1970). Inefficiency of serial knowledge for associative responding. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 9, 456-466.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Springston, F. (1970). Pauses as recoding points in letter series. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 83 (3), 421-430.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Winzenz, D. (1970). Comparison of associative learning strategies. Psychonomic Science, 20, 2, 119-120.PDF
Winzenz, B., & Bower, G. H. (1970). Subject-imposed coding and memory for digit series. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 83 (1), 52-56.PDF
Anderson, J., & Bower, G. H. (1971). On an associative trace for sentence memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 10, 637-680.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1971). Adaptation-level coding and the serial position effect. In M. Appley (Ed.), Adaptation-level theory (pp. 175-201). New York: Academic Press. PDF
Anderson, J., & Bower, G. H. (1972). Configural properties in sentence memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11, 592-605.PDF
Anderson, J., & Bower, G. H. (1972). Recognition and retrieval processes in free recall. Psychological Review, 79, 97-123.PDF
Arnold, P., & Bower, G. H. (1972). Perceptual conditions affecting ease of association. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 93, 176-180.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1972). Perceptual groups as coding units in immediate memory. Psychonomic Science, 27, 217-219.PDF
Arnold, P., Bower, G. H., & Bobrow, S. (1972). Mediated semantic compatibility in associative learning. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11, 239-242.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1972). A selective review of organizational factors in memory. In E. Tulving & W. Donaldson (Eds.), Organization of memory. New York: Academic Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1972). Memory and remembering: Chapters 1 & 2 of the start of a book, but was dropped. PDF
Bower, G. H. (1972). Educational application of mnemonics. Paper delivered at the American Educational Research Association Convention, Minneapolis, MN, 1970. Published in K. O. Doyle, Jr. (Ed.), INTERFACE: Readings in General Human Psychology. New York: D. C. Heath.(See Bower, 1970, Mental imagery and memory).
Bower, G. H. (1972). Mental imagery and associative learning. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Symposium on Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University, 1969. In Lee Gregg (Ed.), Cognition in learning and memory (pp. 51-88). New York: John Wiley & Sons.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1972). Stimulus-sampling theory of encoding variability. In A. W. Melton & E. Martin (Eds.), Coding processes in human memory (pp. 85-123), Washington, DC: V. H. Winston.PDF
Bower, G. H., Munoz, R., & Arnold, P. (1972). On distinguishing semantic and imaginal mnemonics. Unpublished manuscript, Stanford University.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Reitman, J. (1972). Mnemonic elaboration in multi-list learning. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11, 478-485.PDF
Anderson, J., & Bower, G. H. (1973). Human associative memory. Washington, DC: V. H. Winston.(Book)
Bower, G. H. (1973). How to...uh...remember. Psychology Today, October.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Holyoak, K. (1973). Encoding and recognition memory for naturalistic sounds. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 101, 360-366.PDF
Reitman, J., & Bower, G. H. (1973). Storage and later recognition of exemplars of concepts. Cognitive Psychology, 4, 194-206.PDF
Anderson, J., & Bower, G. H. (1974). A propositional theory of recognition memory. Memory & Cognition, 2, 406-412.PDF
Anderson, J., & Bower, G. H. (1974). Interference in memory for multiple contexts. Memory & Cognition, 2, 509-514.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1974). Selective facilitation and interference in retention of prose. Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 1-8.PDF
Flexser, A., & Bower, G. H. (1974). How frequency affects recency judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 103, 706-716.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Karlin, M. (1974). Depth of processing pictures of faces and recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 103, 751-757.PDF
Kosslyn, S., & Bower, G. H. (1974). The role of imagery in sentence memory: A developmental study. Child Development, 45, 30-38.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Minaire, H. (1974). Selective interference with item-vs.order-information in serial recall. American Journal of Psychology, 87, 557-564.PDF
Sternberg, R., & Bower, G. H. (1974). Transfer in part-whole and whole-part free recall: A comparative evaluation of theories. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 13, 1-26.PDF
Thorndyke, P., & Bower, G. (1974). Storage and retrieval processes in sentence memory. Cognitive Psychology, 6, 515-543.PDF
Tulving, E., & Bower, G. H. (1974). The logic of memory representations. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation (pp. 265-297). New York: Academic Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1975). Cognitive psychology: An introduction. In W. K. Estes (Ed.), Handbook of learning and cognition (Pp. 25-80). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.PDF
Flexser, A., & Bower, G. H. (1975). Further evidence regarding instructional effects on frequency judgments. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 6, 321-324.PDF
Bower, G. H., Karlin, M., & Dueck, A. (1975). Comprehension and memory for pictures. Memory & Cognition, 3(2), 216-220.PDF
Hilgard, E., & Bower, G. H. (1975). Theories of learning (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.(Book)
Bower, S. A., & Bower, G. H. (1976). Asserting yourself: A practical guide for positive action. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.(Book).
Bower, G. H., & Glass, A. (1976). Structural units and the redintegrative power of picture fragments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 2, 456- 466.PDF
Karlin, M., & Bower, G. H. (1976). Semantic category effects in visual word search. Perception & Psychophysics, 19, 417-424.PDF
Owens, J. & Bower, G.H. (1976). Character point of view and text recall. Speech at WPA, San Francisco, CA. (See "Soap opera effect", 1979). PDF
Bower, G. H. (1976). Experiments on story understanding and recall. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 28, 511-534.PDF
Bower, G. H. (Sept. 1976). Comprehending and recalling stories. Division 3 Presidential Address at APA, Washington, DC. Unpublished manuscript, Stanford University.PDF
Fiksel, J., & Bower, G. H. (1976). Question-answering by a network of parallel automata. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 13, 1-45.PDF
Holyoak, K., Glass, A., & Bower, G. H. (1976). Decision processes in semantic memory (Les processus de decision dans la memoire semantique). Bulletin de Psychologie, Special Annuel, 92-101.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1977). On injecting life into deadly prose: studies in explanation-seeking. Invited address to Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA. (Also see Bower, in Discourse Processes, 1978).PDF
Bower, G. H. (1977). On representing the development of human knowledge. In R. Siegler (Ed.), The development of knowledge: The Fifth Carnegie-Mellon Symposium. New York: Wiley.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1977). Modern conceptions of human memory. Journal of Czechoslovakian Psychology, 22, 232-242.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1977). Later reflections on the Multicomponent Theory of the Memory Trace. In "Selections from the Psychology of Learning and Motivation"Academic Press, New York.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1977). Memory. Section in Encyclopedia Americana. New York.(No PDF)
Bower, G. H., & Black, J. (1977). Action schemata in story comprehension and memory. Speech given at APA Convention, San Francisco. Unpublished manuscript.PDF
Black, J., Turner, T., & Bower, G. H. (1977). Spatial reference points in language comprehension. Speech given at APA Convention, San Francisco.(See Black, Turner & Bower, 1979)
Owens, J., Dafoe, J., & Bower, G. H. (1977). Taking a point of view: Character identification and attributional processes in story comprehension and memory. Speech given at APA Convention, San Francisco. PDF
Black, J., & Bower, G. H. (1978). Memory for level of category references in stories. Unpublished manuscript, Stanford University.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1978). Experiments on story comprehension and recall. Discourse Processes, 1, 211-231.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1978). Contacts of cognitive psychology with social learning theory. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1, 123-147.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1978). Critique of S-R conditioning theory. Unpublished manuscript, Stanford University.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1978). Improving memory. Human Nature, February, 65-72.(Reprinted in Washington Post, Jan 22, 1978.), PDF
Bower, G. H. (1978). Interference paradigms for meaningful propositional memory. American Journal of Psychology, 91 (4), 575-585.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Masling, M. (1978). Causal explanations as mediators for remembering correlations. Unpublished manuscript, Stanford University.PDF
Black, J.B. & Bower, G.H. (1978). Story episode length and memory. Speech at 1978 convention of Western Psychological Association. See also Black & Bower, 1979.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Monteiro, K. (1978). Emotional mood and character identification in story memory. Speech at 1978 convention of Western Psychological Convention, San Francisco, CA. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
Bower, G. H., Monteiro, K., & Gilligan, S. (1978). Emotional mood as a context for learning and recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 17, 573-585.PDF
Anderson, J., & Bower, G. H. (1979). Human associative memory (Revised edition. A book). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Assoc.
Black, J., Turner, T., & Bower, G. H. (1979). Point of view in narrative comprehension, memory and production. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 18, 187-199.PDF
Black, J., & Bower, G. H. (1979). Episodes as chunks in narrative memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 18, 309-318.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1979). Superordinate schema as mediators in associative learning. Unpublished manuscript, Stanford University.PDF
Bower, G. H., Black, J., & Turner, T. (1979). Scripts in memory for text. Cognitive Psychology, 11, 177-220.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Gilligan, S. (1979). Remembering information related to one's self. Journal of Research in Personality, 13, 420-432.PDF
Owens, J., & Bower, G. H., & Black, J. (1979). The “Soap Opera'' effect in story recall. Memory & Cognition, 7, 185-191.PDF
Barsalou, L., & Bower, G. H. (Sept. 1980). A priori determinants of a concept's highly accessible information. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Montreal.PDF
Black, J., & Bower, G. H. (1980). Story understanding as problem-solving. Poetics, 9, 223-250.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Myers, G. (1980). Memory for scripts with organized vs. randomized presentations. British Journal of Psychology, 71, 369-377.PDF
Bower, G. H. (Sept., 1980). Emotional mood and memory. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Montreal.(See Mood & Memory, 1981).
Reyes, R., Thompson, W., & Bower, G. H. (1980). Delayed effects of availability on judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39, 2-12.PDF
Gilligan, S.G. & Bower, G.H. (1980). The set-size effect in person memory. Unpublished paper.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1980). Recent research on schema and script learning. Speech given at Japan-US workshop on cognitive science. Tokyo. 1980. PDF
Bower, G.H. (1980). Autobiography written for APA's Scientific Contributions Award.PDF
Bellezza, F. S., & Bower, G. H. (1981). The representational and processing characteristics of scripts. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 18(1), 1-4.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1981). Mood and memory. Psychology Today, June, 60-69.(See the American Psychologist article.)
Bower, G. H. (1981). Mood and memory. American Psychologist, 36, 129-148.PDF
Bower, G. H., Gilligan, S. G., & Monteiro, K. (1981). Selectivity of learning caused by affective states. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 110, 451-473.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Hilgard, E. (1981). Theories of learning (5th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.(Book)
Bellezza, F. S., & Bower, G. H. (1981). The formation of verbal schemas. (4 experiments). Unpublished manuscript. Stanford.PDF
Ross, H. B., & Bower, G. H. (1981). Comparisons of models of associative recall. Memory & Cognition, 9, 1-16.PDF
Leirer, V. O., & Bower, G. H. (1981). Schemas for members of social groups. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
Leirer, V. O., & Bower, G. H. (1981). Memory bias in impression formation. Unpublished manuscript.PDF
Wright, W. F., & Bower, G. H. (1981). Mood effects on subjective probability assessment. Unpublished manuscript.(See Wright & Bower revision, 1992).
Bellezza, F. S., & Bower, G. H. (1982). Person stereotypes and memory for people. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 11, 1-23.PDF
Bellezza, F. S., & Bower, G. H. (1982). Remembering script-based text. Poetics, 11, 1-23.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1982).Emotiones y cognicion (Emotion and cognition). Keynote speech given at the Thirteenth Mexican Congress of Psychology (1982). Mexico City: Trillas Co.(See Bower, 1985).PDF
Bower, G. H., & Cohen, P. R. (1982). Emotional influences on memory and thinking: Data and theory. In S. Fiske & M. Clark (Eds.), Affect and cognition (pp. 291-331). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.PDF
Gerrig, R. J., & Bower, G. H. (1982). Emotional influences on word recognition. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 19 (4), 197-200.PDF
Halpern, A. R., & Bower, G. H. (1982). Musical expertise and melodic structure in memory for musical notation. American Journal of Psychology, 95, 31-50.PDF
Schorr, D., Bower, G. H., & Kiernan, R. (1982). Stimulus variables in the block design task. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 50, 479-487.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1983). Affect and cognition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B), 302, 387-402. (Also published in D. Broadbent (Ed.), Functional aspects of human memory (pp. 149-164). London: The Royal Society.)PDF
Bower, G. H. (1983). Plans and goals in understanding episodes. In A. Flammer & W. Kintsch (Eds.), Discourse processing (pp. 2-15). Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company.PDF
Gilligan, S. G., & Bower, G. H. (1983). Reminding and mood-congruent memory. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 21, 431-434.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1983). Mood as a context for learning and remembering. Unpublished paper (5 experiments); Stanford University.PDF
Moar, I., & Bower, G. H. (1983). Inconsistency in spatial knowledge. Memory & Cognition, 11, 107-113.PDF
Yesavage, J. A., Rose, T. L., & Bower, G. H. (1983). Interactive imagery and affective judgments improve face-name learning in the elderly. Journal of Gerontology, 38, 197- 203.PDF
Barsalou, L. W., & Bower, G. H. (1984). Discrimination nets as psychological models. Cognitive Science, 8, 1-26.PDF
Forgas, J. P., Bower, G. H., & Krantz, S. E. (1984). The influence of mood on perceptions of social interactions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 20, 497-513.PDF
Gilligan, S. G., & Bower, G. H. (1984). Cognitive consequences of emotional arousal. In C. Izard, J. Kagan, & R. Zajonc (Eds.), Emotion, cognition & behavior (pp. 547-588). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.PDF
Kiernan, R. J., Bower, G. H., & Schorr, D. (1984). Stimulus variables in the block design task revisited: A reply to Royer. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52, 705-709.PDF
Sharkey, N., & Bower, G. B. (1984). The integration of goals and actions in text understanding. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 315- 317). Boulder, CO.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1985). Emociones Y Cognicion ("Emotion and cognition" Spanish translation). In X. Gallegos & L. Hernandez (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Mexican Congress of Psychology (1982). Vol. 1 (pp. 110-118). Mexico City: Trillas Co.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1985). Chapters: Brain & behavior; Sensation, perception, learning; Memory; Cognition; and Language and its acquisition. In Bootzin, Bower, & Zajonc. Psychology Today (6th ed.) NY: Random House.(Book)
Bower, G. H., & Cirilo, R. K. (1985). Cognitive psychology and text processing. In T. van Dijk (Ed.), Handbook of discourse processing, Vol. 1 (pp.71-105). New York: Academic Press.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Mayer, J. D. (1985). Failure to replicate mood-dependent retrieval. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 23, 39-42.(Also see Bower & Mayer, 1989).PDF
Kavanagh, D. J., & Bower, G. H. (1985). Mood and self-efficacy: Impact of joy and sadness on perceived capabilities. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 9, 507-525.PDF
Mayer, J. D., & Bower, G. H. (1985). Naturally occurring mood and learning: Comment on Hasher et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 114, 396-403.PDF
Mayer, J. D., & Bower, G. H. (1985). Mood-dependent retrieval: Commentary on Wetzler. Psychological Reports, 57, 1000-1002. PDF
Foss, C.L. & Bower, G. H. (1986). Understanding actions in relation to goals. In N. E. Sharkey (Ed.), Advances in cognitive science 1, (pp. 94-124). Chichester: Ellis Horwood.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1986). Prime time in cognitive psychology. In P. Eelen (Ed.), Cognitive research and behavior therapy: Beyond the conditioning paradigm. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishers.PDF
Rose, T. L., Bower, G. H., & Yesavage, J. A. (1986). Priming effects and recognition memory in young and elderly adults. Experimental Aging Research, 12(1), 31-37.PDF
Gluck, M. A., & Bower, G. H. (1986). Conditioning and categorization: Some common effects of informational variables in animal and human learning. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 126-140. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.PDF
Meier, R. & Bower, G. H. (1986). Semantic reference and phrasal grouping in the acquisition of a miniature phrase structure language. Journal of Memory and Language 25, 492-505.PDF
Mayer, J. D. & Bower, G. H. (August, 1986). Detecting mood dependent retrieval. Paper presented at the 94th convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. PDF
Mayer, J. D. & Bower, G. H. (1986). Learning and memory for personality prototypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 473-492.PDF
Gluck, M. & Bower, G. H. (Nov., 1986) Category learning, judgment and the Rescorla-Wagner model. Paper presented at Psychonomics Society Meetings, New Orleans, LA.(No PDF. See Gluck & Bower, 1988).
McClelland, J., Feldman, J., Adelson, B., Bower, G. H., & McDermott, D. (June, 1986). Connectionist models and cognitive science: Goals, directions and implications. Report to the National Science Foundation.(Book)
Bellezza, F. S. & Bower, G. H. (1987). The formation of verbal schemata: Mediation and interference processes. Unpublished manuscript. Part 1. PDF
PDF).Bellezza, F. S. & Bower, G. H. (1987). The formation of verbal schemata: Mediation and interference processes. Unpublished manuscript. Part 2. PDF
PDF).Morrow, D., Greenspan, S., & Bower, G. H. (1987). Accessibility and situation models in narrative comprehension. Journal of Memory and Language, 26, 165-187.PDF
Mayer, J.D., & Bower, G. H. (1987) Experiments on mood dependent retrieval. Speech given at APA Convention.(See Bower & Mayer, 1989).
Sharkey, N. E., & Bower, G. H. (1987). A model of memory organization for interacting goals. In P. E., Morris (Ed.), Modeling cognition (pp. 231-248). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.PDF
Forgas, J.P., & Bower, G. H. (1987). Mood effects on person-perception judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 53-60.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1987). Commentary on mood and memory. Behavioral Research and Therapy, 25, 443-455.PDF
Gluck, M. & Bower, G. H. (November, 1987). Selective attention and hypothesis testing in adaptive network models of learning. Speech given at the Psychonomics Society Meeting, Seattle, WA. Unpublished manuscript.(No PDF. See Gluck & Bower, 1988).
Bower, G. H. (1988). The role of spatial models in narrative comprehension. Speech given at Society of Experimental Psychologists, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.(No PDF. See Bower & Morrow, Science, 1990)
Clapper, J. P. & Bower, G. H. (1988). The impact of category knowledge on encoding and comparing instances. Unpublished paper; speech presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Burlingame, CA.PDF
Franklin, N. & Bower, G. H. (1988). Retrieving actions from goal hierarchies. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 26 (1), 15-18.PDF
Gluck, M. & Bower, G. H. (1988). Evaluating an adaptive network model of human learning. Journal of Memory and Language, 27, 166-195.PDF
Hamilton, V., Bower, G. H. & Frijda, N. (Eds.) (1988). Cognitive perspectives on emotion and motivation. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.(Book).
Forgas, J. P. & Bower, G. H. (1988). Affect in social judgments. Australian Journal of Psychology, 40, 125-145.PDF
Corter, J.E., Gluck, M. A., & Bower, G. H. (1988). Basic levels in hierarchically structured categories. Paper at Tenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.PDF
Munakata, Y., & Bower, G.H. (1988).Causal belonging of affects to events. Unpublished manuscript.PDF
Gluck, M. & Bower, G. H. (1988). From conditioning to category learning: An adaptive network model. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 117, No. 3, 227-247.PDF
Holzman, P. S., Bivens, L. W., Bower, G. H., & Campos, J. (1988). Special Issue: A national plan for schizophrenia research: Panel recommendations. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 14(3), 413-426.(No PDF).
Forgas, J. & Bower, G. H. (1988). Affect in social and personal judgments. In K. Fiedler & J. Forgas (Eds.), Affect, cognition and social behavior (pp. 183-208). Toronto: Hogrefe.PDF
Bower, G. H. & Mayer, J.D. (1989). In search of mood-dependent retrieval. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 4(2) 121-156. In D. Kuiken (Ed.) Mood and memory: Theory, research, and applications [Special Issue].PDF
Morrow, D. G., Bower, G. H., & Greenspan, S. L. (1989). Updating situation models during narrative comprehension. Journal of Memory and Language, 28, 292-312PDF
Gluck, M. A., Bower, G. H., & Hee, M. R. (1989). A configural-cue network model of animal and human associative learning. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Cognitive Science Society, Ann Arbor, MI.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1989). Mental models in text understanding. In A. F. Bennett & K. M. McConkey (Eds.), Cognition in individual and social contexts (pp. 129-144). The Netherlands: Elsevier Science Publishers (See also Bower & Morrow, Science, 1990).PDF
Bower, G. H. & Clapper, J. P. (1989). Experimental methods in cognitive science. In M. Posner (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive science. Bradford Books/MIT Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (Oct. 1989). A connectionist model of classification learning. Speech delivered at The Quad-L Lecture Series, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.(No PDF. See Gluck, Bower, & Hee, 1989)
Hawkins, R. D. & Bower, G. H. (Edited in 1989). Computational models of learning in simple neural systems. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation (Vol. 23). San Diego: Academic Press.(Book)
Bower, G. H. & Morrow, D. G. (1990). Mental models in narrative comprehension. Science, 247, 44-48.PDF
Bootzin, R., Bower, G. H., Crocker, J., & Hall, F. (1990). Psychology Today, 7th Edition. New York: Random House.(Book)
Morrow, D. G., Bower, G. H. & Greenspan, S. L. (1990). Situation-based inferences during narrative comprehension. In A. Graesser & G. H. Bower (Eds.), The psychology of learning and motivation: Inferences in text comprehension (pp. 123-136). New York: Academic Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1990). Awareness, the unconscious, and repression: An experimental psychologist's perspective. In J. A. Singer (Ed.), Repression and dissociation: Implications for personality theory, psychopathology, and health. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1990). Mood congruity of social judgments. In J. Forgas (Ed.), Emotion and social judgments. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press.PDF
Graesser, A. E. & Bower, G.H. (Eds.) (1990). The Psychology of learning and motivation: Inferences in text comprehension. Vol. 25. New York: Academic Press.(Book)
Clapper, J. P. & Bower, G. H. (1990). The impact of category knowledge on similarity of instances. Unpublished manuscript, Stanford University.PDF
Clapper, J. P. & Bower, G. H. (1991). Learning and applying category knowledge in unsupervised domains. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation (Vol. 27, pp.65-108). San Diego: Academic Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. & Bryant, D. J. (1991). On relating the organizational theory of memory to levels of processing. In W. Kessen, A. Ortony, & F. Craik (Eds.) Memories, thoughts, and emotions: Essays in honor of George Mandler (pp. 149-167). Hillsdale, NJ.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.PDF
Sloman, S. A., Bower, G. H., & Rohrer, D. (1991). Congruency effects in part-list cueing inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 17, 974-982.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1991). Incentive programs for promoting safer driving. Paper presented at the OECD International Road Safety Symposium "Enforcement and Rewarding: Strategies and Effects." In M. Koornstra & J. Christensen (Eds.), Enforcement and rewarding: Strategies and effects. Leidschendam, The Netherlands. (pp. 8-16).PDF
Heit, E., Price, P., & Bower, G. H. (1991). An adaptive strength-comparison model for predicting basketball winners. Paper presented at convention of the Psychonomics Society, San Francisco, (See Heit, Price, & Bower, 1994).PDF
Bower, G. H. (1991). Mood congruity of social judgments. In Forgas, J. P. (Ed.) Emotion and social judgments. Pp 31-53. Pergamon Press, Oxford.PDF
Bower, G.H. (1991). Emotion and social perception. Invited address at Southwestern and Western Psychological Conventions.PDF
Baars, B. J., Cohen, J., Bower, G. H., & Berry, J. (1992). Some caveats on testing the Freudian slip hypothesis. In B. J. Baars (Ed.), Experimental slips and human errors: Exploring the architecture of volition (pp. 289-313). New York: Plenum Press.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1992). How might emotions affect learning? In S.-A. Christianson, The Handbook of Emotion and Memory: Research and Theory. (Pp. 3-31). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.PDF
Bower, G. H. & Mann, T. (1992). Improving recall by recoding interfering material at the time of retrieval. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 18 , 1310-1320.PDF
Rinck, M. & Bower, G. H. (June, 1992). Anaphora resolution and the focus of attention in mental models. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, San Diego, CA.(See Rinck & Bower, 1995)
Wright, W. F. & Bower, G. H. (1992). Mood effects on subjective probability assessment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 52, 276-291.PDF
Gluck, M. A., Bower, G.H., & Hee, M.R. (1992). A configural-cue model of associative learning in animals and humans.. Unfinished draft of a long report. PDF
Bower, G. H. & Heit, E. K. (1993). Choosing between uncertain options: A reprise to the Estes scanning model. In A. Healy, S. Kosslyn, & R. Shiffrin (Eds.) From learning theory to connectionist theory (Vol. 1, pp. 21-43). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1993). The fragmentation of psychology? American Psychologist, 48, 905-907.PDF
Gray-Wilson, S., Rinck, M., McNamara, T. P., Bower, G. H., & Morrow, D. G. (1993). Mental models and narrative comprehension: Some qualifications. Journal of Memory and Language, 32, 141-154.PDF
Marsh, R. L. & Bower, G. H. (1993). Eliciting cryptomnesia: Unconscious plagiarism in a puzzle task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19, 673- 688. PDF
Bower, G. H. A turning point in mathematical learning theory. (Commentary on W. K. Estes' “Toward a statistical theory of learning.”) Psychological Review, 101, 290-300).PDF
Bower, G. H., Thompson-Schill, S. & Tulving, E. (1994). Reducing retroactive interference: An interference analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 1-16.PDF
Rinck, M., & Bower, G. H. (1994). Lost in time and space? Distance effects in situation models are caused by spatial, not temporal, distance. Paper presented at the fourth annual meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse. June, 1994. Washington, D.C.(No PDF)
Bower, G. H. & Clapper, J. P. (1994). Learning categories without teachers. Paper given at the Third "Practical Aspects of Memory" conference. University of Maryland; College Park, MD.PDF
Clapper, J. P. & Bower, G. H. (1994). Category invention in unsupervised learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 443-460.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1994). Emotion and social judgments. Speech given at Capital Hill Science Seminar; Sponsored by Federation of Behavioral. Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences, Washington, DC. Sept. 1994.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1994). Temporary emotional states act like multiple personalities. In R. Klein and B. Doane (Eds.), Psychological concepts and dissociative disorders: Reverberating implications. (pp. 207-234). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1994). In appreciation of E. R. Hilgard’s writings on learning theories. Psychological Science, 5, 181-183.PDF
Heit, E.K., Price, P., & Bower, G. H. (1994). A model for predicting the outcomes of basketball games. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 8, 621-639.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1995). Emotion and social judgments. Paper published by the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences, Dec., 1995. Washington, D.C.(See Bower, Emotion & social perception, 1991)
Bower, G. H. (1995) Empowering people through friendly technology: Psychology in the 21st century. In R. L. Solso & D.W. Massaro (Eds.), The science of the mind: 2001 and beyond. (pp. 18-34). New York: Oxford University Press.PDF.
Bower, G.H. (1992). A cognitive psychologist’s perspective on consciousness. In S. H. Koslow, R.S. Murthy, & G.V. Coelho (Eds.) Decade of the brain: India/USA research in mental health and neuroscience. (pp. 7-15).NIMH Publications: Rockville, MD.PDF
Rinck, M. & Bower, G. H. (1995.) Anaphora resolution and the focus of attention in mental models. Journal of Memory and Language, 34, 110-131.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1995) “Basic Behavioral Science of Mental Health.” Co-author of a report of the NIMH Task Force to the NIMH External Advisory Council. 137 pages. April. 1995.(Obtainable from NIMH Publications).
Bower, G. H. (1996). Reactivating a reactivation theory of implicit memory. Consciousness and Cognition, 5, 27-72.PDF
Rinck, M., Williams, P., Bower, G. H., & Becker, E. S. (1996). Spatial situation models and narrative understanding: Some generalizations and extensions. Discourse Processes, 21, 23-55.PDF
Bower, G. H., Wagner, A. D., Newman, S. E., Randle, J. D., Hodges, M. J. (1996). Does recoding interfering material improve recall? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22, 240-245.PDF
Rinck, M., Hahnal, A., Bower, G. H., & Glowalla, M. The metrics of spatial situation models. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 23, 622-637.PDF
Bower, G. H. (1998). An associative theory of implicit and explicit memory. In M. A. Conway, S. E. Gathercole, & C. Cornoldi, (Eds.), Theories of Memory II. (Pp. 25-60). East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Sivers, H. (1998). Cognitive impact of traumatic events. Development and Psychopathology, 10, 625-653. Rochester, NY: Cambridge University Press.PDF
Rinck, M., Bower, G. H., & Wolf, K. (1998). Distance effects in surface structures and situation models. Scientific Studies of Reading, 2(3), 221-246.PDF
Rinck, M., & Bower, G. H. (1999). Goals as generators of activation in narrative understanding. In S. Goldman, A. Graesser, & P. van den Broek, (Eds.), Narrative Comprehension, Causality, and Coherence: Essays in Honor of Tom Trabasso. Saddle River, N. J.: Erlbaum Publishers.PDF
Bower, G. H., & Rinck, M. (1999). Priming access to entities in spatial mental models. In W. Hacker & M. Rinck (Eds.), Zukinft gestalten. Bericht über den 41. KongreB der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie in Dresden 1998. Herausgegeben im Auftrag der Deutschen Degellschaft für Psychologie von Winfried Hacker und Mike Rinck. Berlin: Pabs Science Publishers. (Pp. 74-85). PDF
Marsh, E. J., & Bower, G. (1999). Applied aspects of source monitoring. The International Journal of Cognitive Technology, 4 (2). (Pp. 4-17).PDF
Bower, G. H. (2000). A brief history of memory research. In E. Tulving & F .I. M. Craik (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Memory. New York: Oxford University Press. (Pp. 3-32).PDF
Bower, G. H., & Joseph P. Forgas. (2000). Affect, memory and social cognition. In E. E. Eich (Ed.), Counter-Points: Cognition and Emotion. Oxford University Press. (Pp. 87-168).PDF
Bower, G. H., & Joseph P. Forgas. (2000). Mood and social memory. In J. P. Forgas (Ed.), The Handbook of Affect and Social Cognition. Philadelphia: Psychology Press. (Pp. 95-120).PDF
Rinck, M., Bower, G. H., & Wolf, K. (2000). Temporal and spatial distance in situation models. Memory & Cognition. 29 (8), 1310-1320.PDF
Velanova, K., & Bower, G. H. (2000). Recognition memory for “extra-experimental” material. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.(No PDF)
Forgas, J. P. & Bower, G. H. (2001). Mood effects on person-perception judgments. In Parrott, W. G. (Ed.) Emotions in Social Psychology. Pp. 204-215. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.(No PDF)
Rinck, M., Denis, M., & Bower, G. H. (2001). Are situation models derived from texts just like mental images? Paper presented at the “European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition” in St. Malo, France, April.(No PDF)
Bower, G. H., & Rinck, M. (2001). Selecting one among many referents in spatial situation models. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition. 27 (1), 81-98.PDF
Marsh, E. J., Edelman, G., & Bower, G. (2001). Demonstration of a generation effect in context memory. Memory and Cognition, 29, 798-805.PDF
Clapper, J. P., & Bower, G. H. (2002) Adaptive categorization in unsupervised learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 28, pp. 908-923PDF
Rinck, M. & Bower, G. H. (2002) Goal-based accessibility of entities within situation models. In B. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in research and theory. New York: Academic Press. Vol. 39, pp. 213 - 245.PDF
Bower, G. H. (2002) Obituary: Ernest R. Hilgard. American Psychologist, 57. pp. 283-285.PDF
Bower, G.H. (2002). Ernest R. Hilgard (1904-2001): a Memoir. National Academy of Sciences; Washington, DC. National Academy Press.PDF
Marsh, E. J. & Bower, G. H. (2004) The role of rehearsal and generation in false memory creation. Memory. 8, pp.135-145.PDF
Bower, G.H. (2007) Autobiography of Gordon H. Bower, In G. Lindzey & W. M. Runyan (Eds.) A history of psychology in autobiography. 2007. Washington, D.C. American Psychological Association.PDF
Bower, G.H. (2007). Tracking the birth of a star. In M. Garry & H. Hayne (Eds.) Do justice and let the sky fall: Contributions of Elizabeth Loftus. (Chapter 2, pp. 15-26) Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, N.J.PDF
Bower, G.H. (2007). The trait versus situation debate: A minimalist view. In Y. Shoda, D. Cervone, & G. Downey (Eds.) Persons in context: Building a science of the individual. (Chapter 2, pp. 19-42).Guildford Press: New York.PDF
Bower, G.H. (2007). Testimonial for and reminiscences about Neal E. Miller. Biofeedback, 38 (No. 3), 93-97.Reprinted in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol 155 (No. 3), 2011.PDF
Bower, G.H. (2008). The evolution of a cognitive psychologist: A journey from simple behaviors to complex mental acts. In S.T. Fiske, D. L. Schacter, R. Sternberg (Eds.) Annual Review of Psychology, Pp 1-28 (Invited Prefatory chapter), vol. 59, 2008.PDF
Bower, G.H. (2014). Reflections on Context and Episodic Memory. Keynote Address at the Context and Episodic Memory Symposium (CEMS), University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, May 8, 2014.PDF. Click here for accompanying Slides.