Associate Professor Jess Taubert
Associate Professor

Jess Taubert

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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.

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Associate Professor Jess Taubert is:
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Fields of research

Cognitive and computational psychology Psychology

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

Research interests

  • Social intelligence in primates and other animals

  • Face detection and the face pareidolia illusion

  • Organisation and function of the ventral visual cortex

  • The recognition of facial signals in the wild

Search Professor Jess Taubert’s works on UQ eSpace

73 works between 2007 and 2024
All (73) Journal Article (64) Conference Publication (8) Other Outputs (1)

21 - 40 of 73 works

2023

Conference Publication

Adapting the Behavioral 'Human Intruder Paradigm' to Probe Neural Threat Processing Across Species

Grasser, Lana, Haller, Simone, Taubert, Jessica, Aggarwal, Nakul, Hansen, Eleanor, Naim, Reut, Kenwood, Margaux, Bui, Hong, Jeong, Annie, Williams, Lisa, Kalin, Ned and Brotman, Melissa (2023). Adapting the Behavioral 'Human Intruder Paradigm' to Probe Neural Threat Processing Across Species. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.

Adapting the Behavioral 'Human Intruder Paradigm' to Probe Neural Threat Processing Across Species

2023

Journal Article

A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions

Long, Houqiu, Peluso, Natalie, Baker, Chris I., Japee, Shruti and Taubert, Jessica (2023). A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 5383, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32659-5

A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions

2022

Conference Publication

Dynamic binding of faces and bodies when recognizing emotional expression

Sargeant, Maeve M., Rana, Kunjan, Taubert, Jessica, Ungerleider, Leslie G. and Merriam, Elisha P. (2022). Dynamic binding of faces and bodies when recognizing emotional expression. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2022, Online, 1-2 June 2022. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/jov.22.14.4244

Dynamic binding of faces and bodies when recognizing emotional expression

2022

Conference Publication

Gamma-band connectivity suggests a functional pathway from the amygdala to the anterior temporal lobe during face processing

Rana, Kunjan, Sargeant, Maeve, Taubert, Jessica, Ungerleider, Leslie and Merriam, Elisha (2022). Gamma-band connectivity suggests a functional pathway from the amygdala to the anterior temporal lobe during face processing. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2022, Online, 1-2 June 2022. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/jov.22.14.3836

Gamma-band connectivity suggests a functional pathway from the amygdala to the anterior temporal lobe during face processing

2022

Conference Publication

Beyond faces: Characterizing the response of the amygdala to visual stimuli

Taubert, Jessica, Wardle, Susan G., Patterson, Amanda and Baker, Chris I. (2022). Beyond faces: Characterizing the response of the amygdala to visual stimuli. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2022, Online, 1-2 June 2022. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/jov.22.14.3054

Beyond faces: Characterizing the response of the amygdala to visual stimuli

2022

Journal Article

Clutter substantially reduces selectivity for peripheral faces in the macaque brain

Taubert, Jessica, Wardle, Susan G., Tardiff, Clarissa T., Patterson, Amanda, Yu, David and Baker, Chris I. (2022). Clutter substantially reduces selectivity for peripheral faces in the macaque brain. The Journal of Neuroscience, 42 (35), 6739-6750. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0232-22.2022

Clutter substantially reduces selectivity for peripheral faces in the macaque brain

2022

Journal Article

Assessing the perception of face pareidolia in children (Homo sapiens), rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), and capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella)

Flessert, Molly, Taubert, Jessica and Beran, Michael J. (2022). Assessing the perception of face pareidolia in children (Homo sapiens), rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), and capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 137 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1037/com0000320

Assessing the perception of face pareidolia in children (Homo sapiens), rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), and capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella)

2022

Journal Article

The cortical and subcortical correlates of face pareidolia in the macaque brain

Taubert, Jessica, Wardle, Susan G., Tardiff, Clarissa T., Koele, Elissa A., Kumar, Susheel, Messinger, Adam and Ungerleider, Leslie G. (2022). The cortical and subcortical correlates of face pareidolia in the macaque brain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17 (11), 965-976. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsac031

The cortical and subcortical correlates of face pareidolia in the macaque brain

2021

Journal Article

One object, two networks? Assessing the relationship between the face and body-selective regions in the primate visual system

Taubert, Jessica, Ritchie, J. Brendan, Ungerleider, Leslie G. and Baker, Christopher I. (2021). One object, two networks? Assessing the relationship between the face and body-selective regions in the primate visual system. Brain Structure and Function, 227 (4), 1423-1438. doi: 10.1007/s00429-021-02420-7

One object, two networks? Assessing the relationship between the face and body-selective regions in the primate visual system

2021

Journal Article

Single-unit recordings reveal the selectivity of a human face area

Decramer, Thomas, Premereur, Elsie, Zhu, Qi, Van Paesschen, Wim, van Loon, Johannes, Vanduffel, Wim, Taubert, Jessica, Janssen, Peter and Theys, Tom (2021). Single-unit recordings reveal the selectivity of a human face area. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41 (45), 9340-9349. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0349-21.2021

Single-unit recordings reveal the selectivity of a human face area

2021

Conference Publication

Illusory faces are more likely to be perceived as male than female

Paranjape, Sanika, Wardle, Susan G., Taubert, Jessica and Baker, Chris I. (2021). Illusory faces are more likely to be perceived as male than female. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting VSS 2021, Online, 21-26 May 2021. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). doi: 10.1167/jov.21.9.1990

Illusory faces are more likely to be perceived as male than female

2021

Journal Article

A shared mechanism for facial expression in human faces and face pareidolia

Alais, David, Xu, Yiben, Wardle, Susan G. and Taubert, Jessica (2021). A shared mechanism for facial expression in human faces and face pareidolia. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 288 (1954). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0966

A shared mechanism for facial expression in human faces and face pareidolia

2021

Journal Article

A visual search advantage for illusory faces in objects

Keys, Robert T, Taubert, Jessica and Wardle, Susan G (2021). A visual search advantage for illusory faces in objects. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 83 (5), 1942-1953. doi: 10.3758/s13414-021-02267-4

A visual search advantage for illusory faces in objects

2021

Journal Article

Using FACS to trace the neural specializations underlying the recognition of facial expressions: a commentary on Waller et al. (2020)

Taubert, Jessica and Japee, Shruti (2021). Using FACS to trace the neural specializations underlying the recognition of facial expressions: a commentary on Waller et al. (2020). Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 120, 75-77. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.10.016

Using FACS to trace the neural specializations underlying the recognition of facial expressions: a commentary on Waller et al. (2020)

2020

Journal Article

What does a "face cell" want?'

Taubert, Jessica, Wardle, Susan G and Ungerleider, Leslie G (2020). What does a "face cell" want?'. Progress in Neurobiology, 195 101880, 101880. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101880

What does a "face cell" want?'

2019

Journal Article

Intranasal oxytocin selectively modulates the behavior of rhesus monkeys in an expression matching task

Taubert, Jessica, Flessert, Molly, Liu, Ning and Ungerleider, Leslie G (2019). Intranasal oxytocin selectively modulates the behavior of rhesus monkeys in an expression matching task. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 15187, 15187. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51422-3

Intranasal oxytocin selectively modulates the behavior of rhesus monkeys in an expression matching task

2019

Journal Article

What can we learn about human individual face recognition from experimental studies in monkeys?

Rossion, Bruno and Taubert, Jessica (2019). What can we learn about human individual face recognition from experimental studies in monkeys?. Vision Research, 157, 142-158. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2018.03.012

What can we learn about human individual face recognition from experimental studies in monkeys?

2018

Journal Article

The impact of stimulus size and orientation on individual face coding in monkey face-selective cortex

Taubert, Jessica, Van Belle, Goedele, Vogels, Rufin and Rossion, Bruno (2018). The impact of stimulus size and orientation on individual face coding in monkey face-selective cortex. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 10339, 10339. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28144-z

The impact of stimulus size and orientation on individual face coding in monkey face-selective cortex

2017

Journal Article

Can training improve eyewitness identification? The effect of internal feature focus on memory for faces

Paterson, Helen M., Luppino, Daniella, Calderwood, Clare, MacDougall, Hamish G., Taubert, Jessica and Kemp, Richard I. (2017). Can training improve eyewitness identification? The effect of internal feature focus on memory for faces. Psychology, Crime and Law, 23 (10), 927-945. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2017.1346099

Can training improve eyewitness identification? The effect of internal feature focus on memory for faces

2017

Journal Article

Commentary: The code for facial identity in the primate brain

Rossion, Bruno and Taubert, Jessica (2017). Commentary: The code for facial identity in the primate brain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11 550. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00550

Commentary: The code for facial identity in the primate brain

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    The neural plasticity of gaze following in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
    Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Understanding the neural basis of gaze behaviour in the human brain.
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant

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  • face pareidolia
  • face perception
  • neuroscience
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  • social cognition
  • vision

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