John Pearson

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  1. Smoking automaticity and tolerance moderate brain activation during explore-exploit behavior
    Merideth A. Addicott, John M. Pearson, Brett Froeliger, Michael L. Platt ML, Francis J. McClernon
    Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Differential reward learning for self and others predicts self-reported altruism
    Youngbin Kwak, John Pearson, and Scott A. Huettel
    PLoS ONE 9(9): e107621 (2014) html

  2. Decision making: the neuroethological turn
    John M. Pearson, Karli K. Watson, and Michael L. Platt
    Neuron 82(5) (2014) html pdf

  3. Pupil size and social vigilance in rhesus macaques
    R. Becket Ebitz, John M. Pearson, and Michael L. Platt
    Frontiers in Neuroscience 8:100 (2014) html

  4. Lemurs and macaques show similar numerical sensitivity
    Sarah M. Jones, John M. Pearson, Nicholas K. DeWind, David Paulsen, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, and Elizabeth M. Brannon
    Animal Cognition 17(3) (2014) html pdf

  5. Individual differences in social information gathering revealed through Bayesian hierarchical models
    John M. Pearson, Karli K. Watson, Jeffrey T. Klein, R. Becket Ebitz, and Michael L. Platt
    Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience (2013) html

  6. Post-reward delays and systematic biases in measures of animal temporal discounting
    Tommy C. Blanchard, John M. Pearson, and Benjamin Y. Hayden
    PNAS (2013) html pdf

  7. Through their eyes: selective attention in peahens during courtship
    Jessica L. Yorzinski, Gail L. Patricelli, Jason S. Babcock, John M. Pearson, and Michael L. Platt
    Journal of Experimental Biology (2013) html pdf preview bbc wired

  8. Neuroethology of primate social behavior
    Steve W.C. Chang, Lauren J.N. Brent, Geoffrey K. Adams, Jeffrey T. Klein, John M. Pearson, Karli K. Watson, and Michael L. Platt
    PNAS (2013) html pdf

  9. Rapid brain responses independently predict gain maximization and loss minimization during economic decision making
    René San Martín, Lawrence G. Appelbaum, John M. Pearson, Scott A. Huettel, and Marty G. Woldorff
    Journal of Neuroscience (2013) html pdf

  10. Smoking and the bandit: A preliminary study of smoker and non-smoker differences in exploratory behavior measured with a multi-armed bandit task
    Merideth A. Addicott, John M. Pearson, Jessica Wilson, Michael L. Platt, and F. Joseph McClernon
    Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology (2013) html pdf

  11. Change detection, multiple controllers, and dynamic environments: Insights from the brain
    John M. Pearson and Michael L. Platt
    Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (2012) html pdf

  12. Neuroethology of Decision-making
    Geoffrey K. Adams, Karli K. Watson, John M. Pearson, and Michael L. Platt
    Current Opinion in Neurobiology (2012) vol. 22(6), pp 982-989 PMCID: PMC3510321 html pdf

  13. Neuronal basis of sequential foraging decisions in a patchy environment
    Benjamin Y. Hayden, John M. Pearson, Michael L. Platt
    Nature Neuroscience (2011) vol. 14, pp 933-939, PMID: 21642973 html pdf

  14. Posterior cingulate cortex: adapting behavior to a changing world
    John M. Pearson, Sarah R. Heilbronner, David L. Barack, Benjamin Y. Hayden, Michael L. Platt
    Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2011) vol. 15(4), pp 143-151, PMCID: PMC3153841 html pdf

  15. Surprise signals in anterior cingulate cortex: neuronal encoding of unsigned reward prediction errors driving adjustment in behavior
    Benjamin Y. Hayden, Sarah R. Heilbronner, John M. Pearson, Michael L. Platt
    The Journal of Neuroscience (2011) vol. 31 (11), pp 4178-4187, PMCID: PMC3070460 html pdf

  16. Explicit information reduces discounting behavior in monkeys
    John M. Pearson, Benjamin Y. Hayden, Michael L. Platt
    Frontiers in Psychology (2010) vol. 1, article 237, PMCID: PMC3070460 html

  17. A physiologically-inspired model of numerical classification based on graded stimulus coding
    John M. Pearson, Jamie D. Roitman, Elizabeth M. Brannon, Michael L. Platt, Sridhar Raghavachari
    Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2010) vol. 4 (0), 12pp, PMCID: PMC2814553 html

  18. Neurons in posterior cingulate cortex signal exploratory decisions in a dynamic multi-option choice task
    John M. Pearson, Benjamin Y. Hayden, Sridhar Raghavachari, Michael L. Platt
    Current Biology (2009) vol. 19 (18), pp 1-6, PMID: 19733074 html pdf

  19. Fictive learning signals in anterior cingulate cortex
    Benjamin Y. Hayden, John M. Pearson, and Michael L. Platt
    Science (2009) vol. 324 (5929) p. 948-950. PMCID: PMC3096846 html pdf NYT

  20. Gravitons, Inflatons, Twisted Bits: A Noncommutative Bestiary
    John M. Pearson
    PhD Thesis (accepted, May 2004) pdf

    In the following, authors are listed in alphabetical order, as is conventional in physics:

  21. Tracing the String: BMN correspondence at Finite J^2/N John Pearson, Marcus Spradlin, Diana Vaman, Anastasia Volovich, Herman Verlinde
    JHEP 0305 (2003) 022 arXiv

  22. Brane/Flux Annihilation and the String Dual of a Non-Supersymmetric Field Theory
    Shamit Kachru, John Pearson, Herman Verlinde
    JHEP 0206 (2002) 021 arXiv

  23. Semiclassical Corrections to the Oscillation Frequencies of a Trapped Bose-Enstein Condensate
    Eric Braaten, John Pearson
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 255-258 (1999) arXiv

Chapters and Commentary

  1. Dopamine: burning the candle at both ends
    John M. Pearson and Michael L. Platt
    Neuron (2013) html pdf

  2. Neuroethology of Decision Making
    Geoffrey K. Adams, Karli K. Watson, John M. Pearson, and Michael L. Platt
    Evolution and the Mechanisms of Decision Making, Hammerstein and Stevens, eds. (2012) pdf

  3. Dynamic decision making in the brain
    John M. Pearson and Michael L. Platt
    Nature Neuroscience (2012) vol. 15(3), pp 341-342 html pdf

  4. A role for posterior cingulate cortex in policy switching and cognitive control
    John M. Pearson, Benjamin Y. Hayden, Michael L. Platt
    in Neural Basis of Motivational and Cognitive Control Attention and Performance XXIV, Mars, Sallett, Rushworth, and Yeung eds. (2011) html

  5. Confidence and corrections: how we make and un-make up our minds
    John M. Pearson and Michael L. Platt
    Neuron (2009) vol. 63 (6), pp 724-726 html pdf

Popular Press

  1. Coaxing Order From Chaos
    John Pearson
    Duke Magazine (Sep-Oct 2009) vol. 95 (5) html

  2. Let It Ride: The Neuroscience of Risk
    John Pearson
    Duke Magazine (Nov-Dec 2008) vol. 94 (6) html

  3. Decision Making in the Brain: Eavesdropping on Neurons
    John Pearson and Michael Platt
    Mind Matters (Aug 5, 2008) html