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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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)

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2017

Journal Article

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. Journal of Vision, 17 (10) 294. doi: 10.1167/17.10.294

Decoding face pareidolia in the human brain with fMRI

2017

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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. Journal of Vision, 17 (10) 1006. doi: 10.1167/17.10.1006

Rhesus monkeys are able to discriminate facial identity and expression

2017

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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. Journal of Vision, 17 (10) 845. doi: 10.1167/17.10.845

Evidence for face pareidolia in rhesus monkeys

2017

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

Journal Article

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?. Journal of Vision, 16 (12) 494. doi: 10.1167/16.12.494

Are we looking for love in all the wrong faces?

2016

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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

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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

2016

Journal Article

Serial dependence in face attractiveness judgements tolerates rotations around the yaw axis but not the roll axis

Taubert, Jessica and Alais, David (2016). Serial dependence in face attractiveness judgements tolerates rotations around the yaw axis but not the roll axis. Visual Cognition, 24 (2), 103-114. doi: 10.1080/13506285.2016.1196803

Serial dependence in face attractiveness judgements tolerates rotations around the yaw axis but not the roll axis

2015

Journal Article

Neural correlate of the Thatcher face illusion in a monkey face-selective patch

Taubert, Jessica, Van Belle, Goedele, Vanduffel, Wim, Rossion, Bruno and Vogels, Rufin (2015). Neural correlate of the Thatcher face illusion in a monkey face-selective patch. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35 (27), 9872-9878. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0446-15.2015

Neural correlate of the Thatcher face illusion in a monkey face-selective patch

2015

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The effect of face inversion for neurons inside and outside fMRI-defined face-selective cortical regions

Taubert, Jessica, Van Belle, Goedele, Vanduffel, Wim, Rossion, Bruno and Vogels, Rufin (2015). The effect of face inversion for neurons inside and outside fMRI-defined face-selective cortical regions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113 (5), 1644-55. doi: 10.1152/jn.00700.2014

The effect of face inversion for neurons inside and outside fMRI-defined face-selective cortical regions

2013

Journal Article

How the Thatcher illusion reveals evolutionary differences in the face processing of primates

Weldon, Kimberly B., Taubert, Jessica, Smith, Carolynn L. and Parr, Lisa A. (2013). How the Thatcher illusion reveals evolutionary differences in the face processing of primates. Animal Cognition, 16 (5), 691-700. doi: 10.1007/s10071-013-0604-4

How the Thatcher illusion reveals evolutionary differences in the face processing of primates

2012

Journal Article

The organization of conspecific face space in nonhuman primates

Parr, Lisa A, Taubert, Jessica, Little, Anthony C and Hancock, Peter J B (2012). The organization of conspecific face space in nonhuman primates. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65 (12), 2411-34. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2012.693110

The organization of conspecific face space in nonhuman primates

2012

Journal Article

The composite face effect in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Taubert, Jessica, Qureshi, Annum A and Parr, Lisa A (2012). The composite face effect in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 126 (4), 339-46. doi: 10.1037/a0027287

The composite face effect in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

2012

Journal Article

A comparative study of face processing using scrambled faces

Taubert, Jessica, Aagten-Murphy, David and Parr, Lisa A (2012). A comparative study of face processing using scrambled faces. Perception, 41 (4), 460-473. doi: 10.1068/p7151

A comparative study of face processing using scrambled faces

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
  • online dating
  • social cognition
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