Jessica Taubert
@jesstaubert
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ARC Future Fellow. NARSAD Young Investigator. I am interested in the neural basis of social intelligence in humans and other animals.
Brisbane, Queensland
Joined March 2009
Thanks to @SfNtweets @BodiesBig and @RufinVogels for putting together a stellar lineup for the neural encoding of bodies for primate social perception minisymposium at #SfN24 - what a honour to be counted among them. The corresponding review is out now https://t.co/qgeV5bKM9d
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Here, @koyanokw et al. show that 🐒 neurons in certain face patches barely react to pareidolia (illusory faces in objects). https://t.co/rqwaeLQ5qs To those who have argued that the brain "obviously" processes stimuli that look like faces as faces—it's not that simple.
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A happy face advantage for pareidolic faces in children and adults - @krizzyvj et al. https://t.co/GGi6qp7ioQ
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🚨Join us! We're hiring a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience with @DrQuekles
@ManuelVarlet @TGrootswagers @davidwhitephd to investigate decoding in super-recognisers. Applications close 14 Jan #postdoc #cogneuro #ACNS2024
https://t.co/8PIxqA7mub
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Should be a great opportunity and project - excited to be involved!
🚨Join us! We're hiring a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience with @DrQuekles
@ManuelVarlet @TGrootswagers @davidwhitephd to investigate decoding in super-recognisers. Applications close 14 Jan #postdoc #cogneuro #ACNS2024
https://t.co/8PIxqA7mub
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In this new perspective piece, we argue for an alternative framework of visual function in occipitotemporal cortex that prioritizes the behavioral relevance of visual properties in real-world environments.
"Rethinking category-selectivity in human visual cortex" with @susanwardle @mvazirip Dwight Kravitz @Chris_I_Baker 1/3
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Super pumped to announce that our new work “Face cells encode objects parts more than facial configuration of illusory faces” with @kasper_vinken, @akjags and Marge Livingstone is now out in @NatureComms!
nature.com
Nature Communications - Macaque face cells respond to objects humans perceive as illusory faces, yet the specific features that drive these responses remain unclear. Here, the authors show face...
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Are we sensitive to pain-related facial expressions? Chris Buckland is interested in what genuine pain looks like and whether its recognition elicits approach or avoidance behaviors from observers. His first paper looks at injury-related expressions: https://t.co/8yWUIfavSK
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Using non-invasive MRI, we found a pathway in dog brains that predicts receptive vocabulary size. It’s left-lateralized & connects regions that produce and perceive vocal communication. A convergently evolved arcuate fasciculis? Read at @CurrentBiology: https://t.co/nTrX3aQGPV
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Get ready for Summer 2025📢 Applications for the RIKEN CBS Summer Program 2025 are opening soon. With the theme “Neural Circuits: Coding, Computation and Cognition,” an exciting lineup awaits! Follow us on X @RIKEN_CBS and #CBS_Summer for updates! https://t.co/cooG2pm3Rh
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Are you an aspiring or practicing academic who wants to learn R and python for free? Dr. Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack from @Stanford has a great introductory virtual book with freely accessible code. A🧵 of some of the topics included: @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics 1/n
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On the 6th of October at 9:30 at #SfN24 the Symposium "Neural Encoding of Bodies for Primate Social Perception" (MIN08) with Rufin Vogels and Beatrice de Gelder as chairs and presentations from A. Bognar, J. Taubert, M. Poyo Solanas, E. Abassi, L. Isik, and M. Giese takes place.
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Every year the UQ school of psychology challenges students (and staff) to transform their lecture material and research topics into art. Today, we showcased nearly 50 entries at the Psychology As Art Exhibition. @UQPsych Congratulations to all the winners!
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My paper with @SpencerAnd74 @mvazirip and @Chris_I_Baker is out in Cerebral Cortex! TL;DR food-selectivity is not a (new) form of "category-selectivity". Rather, food images recruit neural regions associated with action planning and understanding. https://t.co/JcIQyGNTYU
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10 tips on how we write papers @Matter_CP
#PhD #PhDlife #academics #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #Postdocs #Research #Science
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Our new paper shows that facial expressivity in dominant macaques is linked to group cohesion, suggesting a social bonding function of facial expression! @WhitehouseJam @ERC_Research @evo_NTU @PsychologyNTU | Proceedings of the Royal Society B
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Social living affords primates (including humans) many benefits. Communication has been proposed to be the key mechanism used to bond social connections, which could explain why primates have evolved...
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Important commentary about the future of nonhuman primate neuroscience https://t.co/LtKFnLUY92
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COVID-19 and polio vaccines, HIV/AIDS treatments, blood transfusions, and organ transplantation are just a few of the medical advances made possible by research involving nonhuman primates, specifi...
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