John Robert Anderson (psychologist)

John Robert Anderson
Born (1947-08-27) August 27, 1947 (age 77)
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia (B.A.)
Stanford University (Ph.D.)
Known forIntelligent tutoring systems
Cognitive tutors
ACT-R
Rational analysis
Scientific career
FieldsEducational psychology
Cognitive psychology (mathematics education)
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
ThesisA stochastic model of sentence memory (1972)
Doctoral advisorGordon Bower
Notable studentsNeil Heffernan
Kenneth Koedinger
Christian Lebiere
Peter Pirolli
Dario Salvucci
Lael Schooler

John Robert Anderson (born August 27, 1947) is a Canadian-born American psychologist. He is currently professor of Psychology and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.