Publications

Recent articles

This list is not guaranteed to be up to date, but the lab's complete publications can be found here.

2023

  1. Generative models of birdsong learning link circadian fluctuations in song variability to changes in performance
    Samuel Brudner, John Pearson, and Richard Mooney (2023).
    PLOS Computational Biology 19(5)

2022

  1. Efficient coding, channel capacity, and the emergence of retinal mosaics
    Na Young Jun, Greg Field, and John Pearson (2022).
    Advances in neural information processing systems 35
  2. Confidence and gradation in causal judgment
    Kevin O'Neill, Paul Henne, Paul Bello, John Pearson, and Felipe De Brigard (2022).
    Cognition 223
  3. Measuring and modeling confidence in human causal judgment
    Kevin O’Neill, Paul Henne, John Pearson, and Felipe DeBrigard (2022).
    Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

2021

  1. Neurons in primate prefrontal cortex signal valuable social information during natural viewing
    Geoffrey K Adams, Wei Song Ong, John M Pearson, Karli K Watson, and Michael L Platt (2021).
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376(1819)
  2. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the explore/exploit trade-off
    Merideth A Addicott, John M Pearson, Julia C Schechter, Jeffrey J Sapyta, Margaret D Weiss, and Scott H Kollins (2021).
    Neuropsychopharmacology 46(3)
  3. Neural dynamics underlying birdsong practice and performance
    Jonnathan Singh Alvarado, Jack Goffinet, Valerie Michael, William Liberti III, Jordan Hatfield, Timothy Gardner, John Pearson, and Richard Mooney (2021).
    Nature 599(7886)
  4. Distributions. jl: Definition and modeling of probability distributions in the JuliaStats ecosystem
    Mathieu Besançon, Theodore Papamarkou, David Anthoff, Alex Arslan, Simon Byrne, Dahua Lin, and John Pearson (2021).
    Journal of Statistical Software 98
  5. Bubblewrap: Online tiling and real-time flow prediction on neural manifolds
    Anne Draelos, Pranjal Gupta, Na Young Jun, Chaichontat Sriworarat, and John Pearson (2021).
    Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 34
  6. Low-dimensional learned feature spaces quantify individual and group differences in vocal repertoires
    Jack Goffinet, Samuel Brudner, Richard Mooney, and John Pearson (2021).
    eLife 10
  7. Scene statistics and noise determine the relative arrangement of receptive field mosaics
    Na Young Jun, Greg D Field, and John Pearson (2021).
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(39)
  8. Inter-mosaic coordination of retinal receptive fields
    Suva Roy, Na Young Jun, Emily L Davis, John Pearson, and Greg D Field (2021).
    Nature 592(7854)
  9. Machine learning prediction of neurocognitive impairment among people with HIV using clinical and multimodal magnetic resonance imaging data
    Yunan Xu, Yizi Lin, Ryan P Bell, Sheri L Towe, John M Pearson, Tauseef Nadeem, Cliburn Chan, and Christina S Meade (2021).
    Journal of neurovirology 27(1)

2020

  1. Online Neural Connectivity Estimation with Noisy Group Testing
    Anne Draelos, and John M Pearson (2020).
    Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 33
  2. Circuit and synaptic organization of forebrain-to-midbrain pathways that promote and suppress vocalization
    Valerie Michael, Jack Goffinet, John Pearson, Fan Wang, Katherine Tschida, and Richard Mooney (2020).
    eLife 9

2019

  1. Latent goal models for dynamic strategic interaction
    Shariq N Iqbal, Lun Yin, Caroline B Drucker, Qian Kuang, Jean-François Gariépy, Michael L Platt, and John M Pearson (2019).
    PLoS computational biology 15(3)
  2. Bayesian nonparametric models characterize instantaneous strategies in a competitive dynamic game
    Kelsey R McDonald, William F Broderick, Scott A Huettel, and John M Pearson (2019).
    Nature communications 10(1)
  3. Cognitive bots and algorithmic humans: toward a shared understanding of social intelligence
    Kelsey R McDonald, and John M Pearson (2019).
    Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 29

2018

  1. Feedback-based learning in aging: Contributions and trajectories of change in striatal and hippocampal systems
    Nichole R Lighthall, John M Pearson, Scott A Huettel, and Roberto Cabeza (2018).
    Journal of Neuroscience 38(39)
  2. Wearable Eye-tracking for Research: Automated dynamic gaze mapping and accuracy/precision comparisons across devices
    Jeff J Macinnes, Shariq Iqbal, John Pearson, and Elizabeth N Johnson (2018).
    bioRxiv
  3. Modelling the effects of crime type and evidence on judgments about guilt
    John M Pearson, Jonathan R Law, Jesse AG Skene, Donald H Beskind, Neil Vidmar, David A Ball, Artemis Malekpour, R McKell Carter, and JH Pate Skene (2018).
    Nature human behaviour 2(11)

2017

  1. A primer on foraging and the explore/exploit trade-off for psychiatry research
    Merideth A Addicott, John M Pearson, Maggie M Sweitzer, David L Barack, and Michael L Platt (2017).
    Neuropsychopharmacology 42(10)
  2. Decoding working memory content from attentional biases
    Emma Wu Dowd, John M Pearson, and Tobias Egner (2017).
    Psychonomic bulletin & review 24(4)

2016

  1. Altruistic traits are predicted by neural responses to monetary outcomes for self vs charity
    René San Martín, Youngbin Kwak, John M Pearson, Marty G Woldorff, and Scott A Huettel (2016).
    Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 11(6)

2015

  1. Suboptimal foraging behavior: A new perspective on gambling.
    Merideth A Addicott, John M Pearson, Nicole Kaiser, Michael L Platt, and F Joseph McClernon (2015).
    Behavioral neuroscience 129(5)
  2. Neural mechanisms of social decision-making in the primate amygdala
    Steve WC Chang, Nicholas A Fagan, Koji Toda, Amanda V Utevsky, John M Pearson, and Michael L Platt (2015).
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(52)

2014

  1. Smoking automaticity and tolerance moderate brain activation during explore–exploit behavior
    Merideth A Addicott, John M Pearson, Brett Froeliger, Michael L Platt, and F Joseph McClernon (2014).
    Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 224(3)
  2. Pupil size and social vigilance in rhesus macaques
    R Becket Ebitz, John M Pearson, and Michael L Platt (2014).
    Frontiers in neuroscience 8
  3. Differential reward learning for self and others predicts self-reported altruism
    Youngbin Kwak, John Pearson, and Scott A Huettel (2014).
    PLoS One 9(9)
  4. Decision making: the neuroethological turn
    John M Pearson, Karli K Watson, and Michael L Platt (2014).
    Neuron 82 (5) 82(5)

2013

  1. Smoking and the bandit: A preliminary study of smoker and nonsmoker differences in exploratory behavior measured with a multiarmed bandit task.
    Merideth A Addicott, John M Pearson, Jessica Wilson, Michael L Platt, and F Joseph McClernon (2013).
    Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology 21(1)
  2. Postreward delays and systematic biases in measures of animal temporal discounting
    Tommy C Blanchard, John M Pearson, and Benjamin Y Hayden (2013).
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110(38)
  3. Neuroethology of primate social behavior
    Steve WC Chang, Lauren JN Brent, Geoffrey K Adams, Jeffrey T Klein, John M Pearson, Karli K Watson, and Michael L Platt (2013).
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110(Supplement 2)
  4. 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 (2013).
    Journal of Neuroscience 33(16)
  5. Change detection, multiple controllers, and dynamic environments: insights from the brain
    John M Pearson, and Michael L Platt (2013).
    Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior 99(1)
  6. 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 (2013).
    Journal of Experimental Biology 216(16)

2012

  1. Neuroethology of decision-making
    Geoffrey K Adams, Karli K Watson, John Pearson, and Michael L Platt (2012).
    Current opinion in neurobiology 22 (6) 22(6)
  2. Dynamic decision making in the brain
    John Pearson, and Michael L Platt (2012).
    Nature neuroscience 15(3)

2011

  1. Neuronal basis of sequential foraging decisions in a patchy environment
    Benjamin Y Hayden, John M Pearson, and Michael L Platt (2011).
    Nature neuroscience 14(7)
  2. 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, and Michael L Platt (2011).
    Journal of Neuroscience 31(11)
  3. Posterior cingulate cortex: adapting behavior to a changing world
    John M Pearson, Sarah R Heilbronner, David L Barack, Benjamin Y Hayden, and Michael L Platt (2011).
    Trends in cognitive sciences 15 (4) 15(4)
  4. A role for posterior cingulate cortex in policy switching and cognitive control
    J Pearson, B Hayden, and M Platt (2011).
    Mars R, Sallet J, Rushworth S, Yeung N (eds), Neural Basis of Motivational and Cognitive Control. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

2010

  1. Explicit information reduces discounting behavior in monkeys
    John M Pearson, Benjamin Y Hayden, and Michael L Platt (2010).
    Frontiers in psychology 1
  2. A physiologically-inspired model of numerical classification based on graded stimulus coding
    John Pearson, Jamie D Roitman, Elizabeth M Brannon, Michael Platt, and Sridhar Raghavachari (2010).
    Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 4

2009

  1. Fictive reward signals in the anterior cingulate cortex
    Benjamin Y Hayden, John M Pearson, and Michael L Platt (2009).
    science 324(5929)
  2. Neurons in posterior cingulate cortex signal exploratory decisions in a dynamic multioption choice task
    John M Pearson, Benjamin Y Hayden, Sridhar Raghavachari, and Michael L Platt (2009).
    Current biology 19(18)

2003

  1. Tracing the string: BMN correspondence at finite J2/N
    John Pearson, Marcus Spradlin, Diana Vaman, Herman Verlinde, and Anastasia Volovich (2003).
    Journal of High Energy Physics 2003(05)

2002

  1. Brane/flux annihilation and the string dual of a non-supersymmetric field theory
    Shamit Kachru, John Pearson, and Herman Verlinde (2002).
    Journal of High Energy Physics 2002(06)

1999

  1. Semiclassical corrections to the oscillation frequencies of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate
    Eric Braaten, and John Pearson (1999).
    Physical review letters 82(2)