CMU’s John R. Anderson—whose human thought and cognition research has revolutionized how we learn—has been selected to receive the Association for Psychological Science’s (APS) William James Lifetime Achievement Award for Basic Research. The award, APS’s highest honor, recognizes Anderson’s profound impact on the field of psychological science and his significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology.

“John Anderson is being recognized both for the importance of his theoretical contributions and for his success in transitioning his theories into widely used applications having great societal impact,” said John Lehoczky, dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. “It is entirely fitting that John would be selected for the William James Lifetime Achievement Award, as he is among the very best scholars of psychological science.”