NATALIE CHRISTIE PELUSO
Academic Researcher & Performance Expert
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ABOUT NATALIE
Natalie Christie Peluso is an emerging socio-cognitive neuroscientist currently undertaking a PhD at The University of Queensland. With over 20 years of international acclaim as an opera singer and voice teacher, Natalie channels this expertise by investigating how individual differences in affective repertoires (both sensing & perceiving) shape social intelligence.
PUBLICATIONS
In Press
2024
Saurels, B., Peluso, N., Taubert, J. When we mistake a hat for a face: A behavioral advantage for face pareidolia in peripheral vision. Sci Rep 14, 10040 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60892-z
2023
Long, H., Peluso, N., Baker, C.I. et al. A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions. Sci Rep 13, 5383 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32659-5 *Equally contributing first authors
2021
Dingle, G. A., Sharman, L. S., Bauer, Z., Beckman, E., Broughton, M., Bunzli, E., Peluso, N. ... & Wright, O. R. L. (2021). How do music activities affect health and well-being? A scoping review of studies examining psychosocial mechanisms. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 713818. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713818
Under Review
Peluso, N., Saurels, B., Taubert, J. Towards Ecological Validity in Expression Discrimination: Forced-Choice Saccadic Responses to Posed and Naturalistic Faces. Emotion.
Preprints
Gholamrezaei, A., Guadagnoli, L., Teugels, A., Peluso, N., Fung, A., Van Oudenhove, L., ... & Keefer, L. (2023). Breathing exercises for the management of gastrointestinal conditions: protocol for a scoping review. medRxiv, 2023-10. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.31.23297871
“I thought the sensation was Natalie Christie as Sophie. She sang radiantly and acted the part better than almost anyone I can recall.”
Michael White, Independent on Sunday (UK)
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Acknowledgement of Country
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I acknowledge the Turrbal and Jagera people - the traditional custodians of Meanjin (Brisbane) - and their connections to land, sea and community; where the songlines, stories, songs, ancestors and dreamings of First Nations peoples continue to resonate. I pay my respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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