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. 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]
2. 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]
3. 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]
4. Subramanian, D; Pearson, JM; Sommer, MA (2023). Bayesian and Discriminative Models for Active Visual Perception across Saccades.. eNeuro, 10(7), ENEURO.0403-ENEU22.2023. [doi]  [abs]
5. Brudner, S; Pearson, J; Mooney, R (2023). Generative models of birdsong learning link circadian fluctuations in song variability to changes in performance.. PLoS Comput Biol, 19(5), e1011051. [doi]  [abs]