Adam K. Anderson, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, is cited for his outstanding contribution to understanding the representation of emotion and its influence on cognition. By combining psychological and neuroscience techniques with rigorous and creative experimental designs, Anderson has advanced affective science by introducing new and exciting research domains and answering important questions that were previously unexplored. He has extended our appreciation of the importance of facial expressions by demonstrating their role in perception. Along with the citation, a biography and selected bibliography of Anderson's work are presented.