
Overview
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.
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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The neurobiology of loneliness
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Face detection and the face pareidolia illusion
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Organisation and function of the ventral visual cortex
Works
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2007
Journal Article
Are face representations viewpoint dependent? A stereo advantage for generalising across different views of faces
Burke, Darren, Taubert, Jessica and Higman, Talia (2007). Are face representations viewpoint dependent? A stereo advantage for generalising across different views of faces. Vision Research, 47 (16), 2164-2169. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.04.018
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Jess Taubert is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Attraction vs suppression. Comparing EEG and eye-tracking to disentangle the mechanisms of attention.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: 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
The role of the amygdala in primate social intelligence.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amanda Robinson, Associate Professor Alan Pegna
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Doctor Philosophy
The Persistence of Statistical Learning and Its Variation Across Individuals
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Alan Pegna, Dr Amanda Robinson
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the Relationship Between Prediction and Attention in Response to Emotional Stimuli in the Human Brain
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Alan Pegna, Dr Margaret Moore, Professor Derek Arnold
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Doctor Philosophy
Robots as Social Groups: A Social Neuroscience Approach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eric Vanman
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Master Philosophy
The impact of complex trauma on brain structure and function: implications for the development of complex PTSD
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lena Oestreich
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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
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
Contact Associate Professor Jess Taubert directly for media enquiries about:
- face pareidolia
- face perception
- neuroscience
- online dating
- social cognition
- vision
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