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John Pearson
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
john.pearson@duke.edu
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9876-7837
Duke Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708
Bryan Research Building, 101H, Durham, NC 27710
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Selected Grants
Neurobiology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ·
2024 - 2029
Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health ·
2024 - 2029
Neurocognitive mechanisms of control over cognitive stability and flexibility
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health ·
2023 - 2028
The overlap of speech production and verbal working memory
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ·
2023 - 2028
Testing if and how 3-factor learning rules operate at cortico-basal ganglia synapses to drive motor skill learning
Research
Advisor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2025 - 2027
Functional connectivity of a brain-scale neural circuit for motion perception
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2025 - 2027
Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Preceptor ·
Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences ·
2022 - 2027
Bridging Scales to Understand Endogenous Neuromodulation and its Regulation
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health ·
2023 - 2027
Real-time mapping and adaptive testing for neural population hypotheses
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2022 - 2026
Neural and behavioral mechanisms of song learning in zebra finches
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ·
2023 - 2026
Motor Modulation of Auditory Processing
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders ·
2020 - 2025
Deep Generative Analyses for fMRI data
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health ·
2023 - 2025
Corticostriatal contributions to motor exploration and reinforcement
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ·
2020 - 2025
Beyond dopamine: dual neuromodulator regulation of motor variability and learning
Fellowship
Co-Sponsor ·
Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health ·
2023 - 2025
Neurocomputational Approaches to Emotion Representation
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2025
Receptive field coordination across mosaics of diverse retinal ganglion cell types in the mammalian retina
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles ·
2023 - 2025
Adaptive Algorithms for Automated Circuit Dissection
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by The Swartz Foundation ·
2020 - 2023
Receptive field coordination across mosaics of diverse retinal ganglion cell types in the mammalian retina
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2022
Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1997 - 2022
Real-time, all-optical interrogation of neural microcircuitry in the pretectum
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2022
Neural Circuit Mechanisms Mediating TMS and Oxytocin Effects on Social Cognition
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of Pennsylvania ·
2016 - 2022
A Systems Biology Approach to HIV-associated Neurocognitive Impairment: Role of Drug Abuse and Neuroinflammation
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2016 - 2021
Computational Modeling of Decision Making by Prosecutors and Jurors in Criminal Justice
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2017 - 2021
Nonparametric Bayes Methods for Big Data in Neuroscience
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2014 - 2019
Mechanisms of Parkinsonian Impulsivity in Human Subthalamic Nucleus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2014 - 2017
Animal Model of Genetics and Social Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Research
Advisor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2012 - 2016
Contributions of Areas LIP and VIP to Numerical Behavior
Research
Research Associate ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2009 - 2013
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