Associate Professor Jess Taubert
Associate Professor

Jess Taubert

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Background

Associate Professor 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 A/Prof 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, A/Prof 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:
Available for supervision
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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

  • The neurobiology of loneliness

  • Face detection and the face pareidolia illusion

  • Organisation and function of the ventral visual cortex

Search Professor Jess Taubert’s works on UQ eSpace

80 works between 2007 and 2025
All (80) Journal Article (66) Conference Publication (13) Other Outputs (1)

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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

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

Amygdala lesions eliminate viewing preferences for faces in rhesus 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

2017

Conference Publication

Decoding face pareidolia in the human brain with fMRI

Wardle, Susan, Seymour, Kiley and Taubert, Jessica (2017). Decoding face pareidolia in the human brain with fMRI. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2017, St. Pete Beach, FL United States, 19-24 May 2017. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/17.10.294

Decoding face pareidolia in the human brain with fMRI

2017

Conference Publication

Rhesus monkeys are able to discriminate facial identity and expression

Flessert, Molly, Taubert, Jessica, Liu, Ning and Ungerleider, Leslie (2017). Rhesus monkeys are able to discriminate facial identity and expression. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2017, St. Pete Beach, FL United States, 19-24 May 2017. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/17.10.1006

Rhesus monkeys are able to discriminate facial identity and expression

2017

Conference Publication

Evidence for face pareidolia in rhesus monkeys

Taubert, Jessica, Wardle, Susan, Flessert, Molly, Leopold, David and Ungerleider, Leslie (2017). Evidence for face pareidolia in rhesus monkeys. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2017, St. Pete Beach, FL United States, 19-24 May 2017. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/17.10.845

Evidence for face pareidolia in rhesus monkeys

2017

Journal Article

Face pareidolia in the rhesus monkey

Taubert, Jessica, Wardle, Susan G, Flessert, Molly, Leopold, David A and Ungerleider, Leslie G (2017). Face pareidolia in the rhesus monkey. Current Biology, 27 (16), 2505-2509.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.075

Face pareidolia in the rhesus monkey

2017

Journal Article

Face familiarity promotes stable identity recognition: exploring face perception using serial dependence

Kok, Rebecca, Taubert, Jessica, Van der Burg, Erik, Rhodes, Gillian and Alais, David (2017). Face familiarity promotes stable identity recognition: exploring face perception using serial dependence. Royal Society Open Science, 4 (3) 160685, 160685. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160685

Face familiarity promotes stable identity recognition: exploring face perception using serial dependence

2017

Journal Article

Who is the usual suspect? Evidence of a selection bias toward faces that make direct eye contact in a lineup task

Taubert, Jessica, van Golde, Celine and Verstraten, Frans A. J. (2017). Who is the usual suspect? Evidence of a selection bias toward faces that make direct eye contact in a lineup task. i-Perception, 8 (1). doi: 10.1177/2041669517690411

Who is the usual suspect? Evidence of a selection bias toward faces that make direct eye contact in a lineup task

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

Effective connectivity reveals largely independent parallel networks of face and body patches

2016

Journal Article

Robust representations of individual faces in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) but not monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Taubert, Jessica, Weldon, Kimberly B. and Parr, Lisa A. (2016). Robust representations of individual faces in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) but not monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Animal Cognition, 20 (2), 321-329. doi: 10.1007/s10071-016-1054-6

Robust representations of individual faces in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) but not monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

2016

Journal Article

Faces in context: does face perception depend on the orientation of the visual scene?

Taubert, Jessica, van Golde, Celine and Verstraten, Frans A. J. (2016). Faces in context: does face perception depend on the orientation of the visual scene?. Perception, 45 (10), 1184-1192. doi: 10.1177/0301006616656866

Faces in context: does face perception depend on the orientation of the visual scene?

2016

Conference Publication

Are we looking for love in all the wrong faces?

Taubert, Jessica, Van der Burg, Erik and Alais, David (2016). Are we looking for love in all the wrong faces?. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL United States, 13-18 May 2016. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/16.12.494

Are we looking for love in all the wrong faces?

2016

Journal Article

Different coding strategies for the perception of stable and changeable facial attributes

Taubert, Jessica, Alais, David and Burr, David (2016). Different coding strategies for the perception of stable and changeable facial attributes. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 32239, 1-7. doi: 10.1038/srep32239

Different coding strategies for the perception of stable and changeable facial attributes

2016

Journal Article

Individual recognition based on communication behaviour of male fowl

Smith, Carolynn L., Taubert, Jessica, Weldon, Kimberly and Evans, Christopher S. (2016). Individual recognition based on communication behaviour of male fowl. Behavioural Processes, 125, 101-105. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2016.02.012

Individual recognition based on communication behaviour of male fowl

2016

Journal Article

Love at second sight: Sequential dependence of facial attractiveness in an on-line dating paradigm

Taubert, Jessica, Van der Burg, Erik and Alais, David (2016). Love at second sight: Sequential dependence of facial attractiveness in an on-line dating paradigm. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 22740. doi: 10.1038/srep22740

Love at second sight: Sequential dependence of facial attractiveness in an on-line dating paradigm

2016

Journal Article

The impact of orientation filtering on face-selective neurons in monkey inferior temporal cortex

Taubert, Jessica, Goffaux, Valerie, Van Belle, Goedele, Vanduffel, Wim and Vogels, Rufin (2016). The impact of orientation filtering on face-selective neurons in monkey inferior temporal cortex. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 21189, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/srep21189

The impact of orientation filtering on face-selective neurons in monkey inferior temporal cortex

Current funding

  • 2021 - 2025
    Understanding the neural basis of gaze behaviour in the human brain.
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    The neural plasticity of gaze following in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
    Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
    Open grant

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Supervision history

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

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