John Pearson, Associate Professor of Neurobiology

Contact Info:

Office Location:	Bryan Research Building, 101H, Durham, NC 27710
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://jmxpearson.com

Teaching (Spring 2025):

• Neurobio 730.01, Neurostats Synopsis

  Brynresmed 301, TuTh 02:00 PM-03:00 PM

• Neurobio 735.01, Neurobiology quantitative Synopsis

  Brynresmed 301, TuTh 03:00 PM-04:30 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Princeton University	2004
B.S.	University of Kentucky	1999

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Qi, J; Schreiner, DC; Martinez, M; Pearson, J; Mooney, R (2025). Dual neuromodulatory dynamics underlie birdsong learning.. Nature. [doi]  [abs]
2. Harmon, TC; Madlon-Kay, S; Pearson, J; Mooney, R (2024). Vocalization modulates the mouse auditory cortex even in the absence of hearing.. Cell Rep, 43(8), 114611. [doi]  [abs]
3. O'Neill, K; Henne, P; Pearson, J; De Brigard, F (2024). Modeling confidence in causal judgments.. J Exp Psychol Gen, 153(8), 2142-2159. [doi]  [abs]
4. de Albuquerque, D; Pearson, J (2024). Inflationary Flows: Calibrated Bayesian Inference with Diffusion-Based Models. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 37.  [abs]
5. Pearson, J; Kumar, A (2023). Sophisticated models, minimum descriptions, and the Goldilocks zone of behavior: Comment on "Beyond simple laboratory studies: Developing sophisticated models to study rich behavior" by Maselli et al.. Phys Life Rev, 47, 137-138. [doi]