Detection/estimation of harmonic sets (Ph.D. Thesis abstr.). - John D. Patterson (IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, 1972)

Optimizing the category construction task to promote learning and transfer of knowledge in classroom instruction. - Kenneth J. Kurtz; Andy Cavagnetto; Garrett Honke; Nolan Conaway; John D. Patterson; James C. Marr; Yan Tao (CogSci, 2014)

Engaging the comparison engine: Implications for relational category learning and transfer. - John D. Patterson; Kenneth J. Kurtz (CogSci, 2014)

Learning mode and comparison in relational category learning. - John D. Patterson; Kenneth J. Kurtz (CogSci, 2015)

Performance Pressure and Comparison in Relational Category Learning. - John D. Patterson; Kenneth J. Kurtz (CogSci, 2016)

Relational Concept Learning via Guided Interactive Discovery. - John D. Patterson; David Landy; Kenneth J. Kurtz (CogSci, 2017)

Semi-supervised learning: A role for similarity in generalization-based learning of relational categories. - John D. Patterson; Kenneth J. Kurtz (CogSci, 2018)

Semi-supervised Learning with 2D Categories. - John D. Patterson; Kenneth J. Kurtz (CogSci, 2019)

Family Resemblance in Unsupervised Categorization: A Dissociation Between Production and Evaluation. - John D. Patterson; Sean Snoddy; Kenneth J. Kurtz (CogSci, 2019)

Schrödinger's Category: Active Learning in the Face of Label Ambiguity. - John D. Patterson; Elisabeth A. Karuza (CogSci, 2020)

Now or Later: Representational Convergence in Simulated Simultaneous and Sequential Bilingual Learning Contexts. - John D. Patterson; Elisabeth A. Karuza (CogSci, 2021)

Language Experience Modulates L2-Related Representational Change when Learning Novel Categories. - John D. Patterson; Nicci C. Schoedel; Elisabeth A. Karuza (CogSci, 2022)

Diverse, not Short: A Length-Controlled Self-Learning Framework for Improving Response Diversity of Language Models. - Vijeta Deshpande; Debasmita Ghose; John D. Patterson; Roger E. Beaty; Anna Rumshisky (CoRR, 2025)