John A. Pyles

Principal Researcher, Center for Human Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Washington
Joined
May 2025

Names

John A. Pyles (Preferred)
, 
John Pyles
, 
John A Pyles

Emails

****@cmu.edu (Confirmed)
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****@uw.edu (Confirmed)
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****@gmail.com (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Principal Researcher
Center for Human Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Washington (washington.edu)
2020 – Present
Principal Researcher
Psychology & Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (cmu.edu)
2013 – 2020
Postdoc
Psychology & Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (cmu.edu)
2009 – 2013
PhD student
Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine (uci.edu)
2003 – 2009
Undergrad student
Philosophy & History of Science, University of Washington (washington.edu)
1997 – 2002

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Postdoc Advisor
Michael J. Tarr
2009 – 2013
PhD Advisor
Emily Grossman
2003 – 2009

Expertise

functional MRI
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fMRI
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MRI methods
, 
cognitive neuroscience
Present
visual perception
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biological motion
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motion processing
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animacy
Present
visual perception
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object perception
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fMRI
Present
visual perception
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face perception
, 
fMRI
Present
fMRI
, 
fMRI methods
, 
MRI quality assurance
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MRI data processing
Present
MRI
, 
fMRI
, 
open science
, 
BIDS
, 
reproducibility
, 
MRI best practices
Present

Publications

Co-Authors

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