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
Decision making: the neuroethological turn 
John M. Pearson, Karli K. Watson, and Michael L. Platt 
Neuron 82(5) (2014) html pdf
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gravitons, Inflatons, Twisted Bits: A Noncommutative Bestiary 
John M. Pearson 
PhD Thesis (accepted, May 2004) pdf
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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
Brane/Flux Annihilation and the String Dual of a Non-Supersymmetric Field Theory 
Shamit Kachru, John Pearson, Herman Verlinde 
JHEP 0206 (2002) 021 arXiv
Semiclassical Corrections to the Oscillation Frequencies of a Trapped Bose-Enstein Condensate 
Eric Braaten, John Pearson 
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 255-258 (1999) arXiv
Dopamine: burning the candle at both ends 
John M. Pearson and Michael L. Platt 
Neuron (2013) html pdf
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
Dynamic decision making in the brain 
John M. Pearson and Michael L. Platt 
Nature Neuroscience (2012) vol. 15(3), pp 341-342 html pdf
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
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