Overview
Background
Dr. Jess Taubert was awarded the ARC Future Fellowship and moved to the University of Queensland in 2021.
She completed a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honours at Macaquarie University (2005) and a PhD in Psychology at the University of Sydney (2009). In 2009 she accepted a postdoctoral position at Emory University (GA, USA). Here she worked jointly with Lisa Parr at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Philippe Rochat in the Department of Psychology. In 2011 Dr. Taubert was awarded a FSR incoming postdoctoral fellowship by UCLouvain and moved to Belgium to train as a neurophysiologist (supervised by Rufin Vogels, Wim Vanduffel, and Bruno Rossion). After briefly returning to Australia, Dr. Taubert was appointed as an Intramural Research Fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health in the US (2016 – 2021). During this time she worked with Leslie Ungerleider, Chris Baker, David Leopold, and Elisabeth ("Betsy") Murray among others.
Availability
- Associate Professor Jess Taubert is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Research interests
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Social intelligence in primates and other animals
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Face detection and the face pareidolia illusion
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Organisation and function of the ventral visual cortex
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The recognition of facial signals in the wild
Works
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Featured
2024
Journal Article
Real face value: the processing of naturalistic facial expressions in the macaque inferior temporal cortex
Taubert, Jessica and Japee, Shruti (2024). Real face value: the processing of naturalistic facial expressions in the macaque inferior temporal cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36 (12), 2725-2741. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_02108
Featured
2024
Journal Article
The face pareidolia illusion drives a happy face advantage that is dependent on perceived gender
Lipp, Ottmar V. and Taubert, Jessica (2024). The face pareidolia illusion drives a happy face advantage that is dependent on perceived gender. Emotion, 24 (7), 1781-1787. doi: 10.1037/emo0001346
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2024
Journal Article
Beyond faces: the contribution of the amygdala to visual processing in the macaque brain
Taubert, Jessica, Wardle, Susan G, Patterson, Amanda and Baker, Chris I (2024). Beyond faces: the contribution of the amygdala to visual processing in the macaque brain. Cerebral Cortex, 34 (6) ARTN bhae245. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhae245
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2024
Journal Article
Inactivation of face-selective neurons alters eye movements when free viewing faces
Azadi, Reza, Lopez, Emily, Taubert, Jessica, Patterson, Amanda and Afraz, Arash (2024). Inactivation of face-selective neurons alters eye movements when free viewing faces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121 (3) e2309906121, e2309906121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2309906121
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2023
Journal Article
Preliminary evidence of an increased susceptibility to face pareidolia in postpartum women
Taubert, Jessica, Wally, Samantha and Dixson, Barnaby J. (2023). Preliminary evidence of an increased susceptibility to face pareidolia in postpartum women. Biology Letters, 19 (9) 20230126, 20230126. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0126
Featured
2022
Journal Article
A broadly tuned network for affective body language in the macaque brain
Taubert, Jessica, Japee, Shruti, Patterson, Amanda, Wild, Hannah, Goyal, Shivani, Yu, David and Ungerleider, Leslie G. (2022). A broadly tuned network for affective body language in the macaque brain. Science Advances, 8 (47) eadd6865, eadd6865. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add6865
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2022
Journal Article
Illusory faces are more likely to be perceived as male than female
Wardle, Susan G., Paranjape, Sanika, Taubert, Jessica and Baker, Chris I. (2022). Illusory faces are more likely to be perceived as male than female. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (5) e2117413119, e2117413119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2117413119
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Parallel processing of facial expression and head orientation in the macaque brain
Taubert, Jessica, Japee, Shruti, Murphy, Aidan P, Tardiff, Clarissa T, Koele, Elissa A, Kumar, Susheel, Leopold, David A and Ungerleider, Leslie G (2020). Parallel processing of facial expression and head orientation in the macaque brain. The Journal of Neuroscience, 40 (42), 8119-8131. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0524-20.2020
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2020
Journal Article
Rapid and dynamic processing of face pareidolia in the human brain
Wardle, Susan G, Taubert, Jessica, Teichmann, Lina and Baker, Chris I (2020). Rapid and dynamic processing of face pareidolia in the human brain. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4518, 4518. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18325-8
Featured
2018
Journal Article
Amygdala lesions eliminate viewing preferences for faces in rhesus monkeys
Taubert, Jessica, Flessert, Molly, Wardle, Susan G, Basile, Benjamin M, Murphy, Aidan P, Murray, Elisabeth A and Ungerleider, Leslie G (2018). Amygdala lesions eliminate viewing preferences for faces in rhesus monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (31), 8043-8048. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1807245115
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2016
Journal Article
Effective connectivity reveals largely independent parallel networks of face and body patches
Premereur, Elsie, Taubert, Jessica, Janssen, Peter, Vogels, Rufin and Vanduffel, Wim (2016). Effective connectivity reveals largely independent parallel networks of face and body patches. Current Biology, 26 (24), 3269-3279. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.059
2024
Journal Article
A Database of Naturalistic Expressive Faces for Studying High Arousal States
Buckland, Christopher B. and Taubert, Jessica (2024). A Database of Naturalistic Expressive Faces for Studying High Arousal States. The Journal of Pain, 26 104728, 104728. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104728
2024
Journal Article
Neural encoding of bodies for primate social perception
Abassi, Etienne, Bognár, Anna, de Gelder, Bea, Giese, Martin, Isik, Leyla, Lappe, Alexander, Mukovskiy, Albert, Solanas, Marta Poyo, Taubert, Jessica and Vogels, Rufin (2024). Neural encoding of bodies for primate social perception. The Journal of Neuroscience, 44 (40) e1221242024, 1-9. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1221-24.2024
2024
Journal Article
The multidimensional representation of facial attributes
Taubert, Jessica, Japee, Shruti, Robinson, Amanda, Long, Houqiu, Grootswagers, Tijl, Zheng, Charles, Pereira, Francisco and Baker, Chris (2024). The multidimensional representation of facial attributes. Journal of Vision, 24 (10), 662. doi: 10.1167/jov.24.10.662
2024
Journal Article
A behavioral advantage for the face pareidolia illusion in peripheral vision
Saurels, Blake W., Peluso, Natalie and Taubert, Jessica (2024). A behavioral advantage for the face pareidolia illusion in peripheral vision. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 10040, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-60892-z
2024
Journal Article
Oxytocin differentially modulates the early neural responses to faces and non-social stimuli
Moses, Eleanor, Nelson, Nicole, Taubert, Jessica and Pegna, Alan J. (2024). Oxytocin differentially modulates the early neural responses to faces and non-social stimuli. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 19 (1) nsae010, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsae010
2023
Other Outputs
Adaptation and Extrapolation
Loren Bouyer, Derek H. Arnold, Alan Johnston and Jessica Taubert (2023). Adaptation and Extrapolation. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/1d6be63
2023
Journal Article
Editorial: Improving the quality of life of autistic people and their caregivers from diverse backgrounds: methods and approaches
Katti, Harish, Valiyamattam, Georgitta, Taubert, Jessica and Nadig, Aparna (2023). Editorial: Improving the quality of life of autistic people and their caregivers from diverse backgrounds: methods and approaches. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 1242236, 1-3. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1242236
2023
Journal Article
Predictive extrapolation effects can have a greater impact on visual decisions, while visual adaptation has a greater impact on conscious visual experience
Bouyer, Loren N., Arnold, Derek H., Johnston, Alan and Taubert, Jessica (2023). Predictive extrapolation effects can have a greater impact on visual decisions, while visual adaptation has a greater impact on conscious visual experience. Consciousness and Cognition, 115 103583, 103583. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103583
2023
Conference Publication
Interaction vs observation mode in the macaque visual cortex
Taubert, Jessica, Japee, Shruti, Patterson, Amanda and Bliss-Moreau, Eliza (2023). Interaction vs observation mode in the macaque visual cortex. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2023, St. Pete Beach, FL United States, 19-24 May 2023. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/jov.23.9.5132
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of the amygdala in primate social intelligence.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amanda Robinson, Professor Eric Vanman, Associate Professor Alan Pegna
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of breathing in human social intelligence.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eric Vanman, Professor Julie Henry
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Doctor Philosophy
The Social and Contextual Determinants of Pain Recognition
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ada Kritikos
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Doctor Philosophy
Aphantasia: Predicting the intensity of imagined sensory experiences from measures of brain activity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Derek Arnold
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Doctor Philosophy
Attraction vs suppression. Comparing EEG and eye-tracking to disentangle the mechanisms of attention.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Alan Pegna
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Doctor Philosophy
Robots as Social Groups: A Social Neuroscience Approach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eric Vanman
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the Role of the Amygdala in the Early Processing of Emotional Faces and Threat Related Stimuli
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Alan Pegna
Media
Enquiries
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- social cognition
- vision
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