Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠

@nataliepeluso.com

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Researcher in Face Perception, Breathing, & Embodied Social Intelligence | PhD Candidate, UQ | Award-Winning Operatic Soprano | Also @brisepsi.bsky.social

Lena Oestrich presenting her keynote on psychedelics on a black stage In front of two large screens
Natalie Peluso standing at a podium presenting her research to an audience in a small conference room. The presentation screen shows a large image of a smiling child's face.
International Society for Research on Emotion sign in front of a seating area separated by a red velvet rope, waiting for trainees to arrive
Full moon rising over Brisbane in a dusky pink sunset sky, as seen from Mt Coot-Tha
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A black and white whippet curled up on an unmade bed
Natalie Peluso speaking in front of a beautifully lit sign which reads "Lightning Talks - Embodied Minds: A Summit Prelude"
A slide during Dr Sahib Khalsa's Welcome Address for the Embodied Minds Summit at UCLA, featuring pictures of Elizabeth R Koch, Antonio Damasio, Sahib Khalsa, alongside photos of the four speakers from the Lightning Talks Salon: Natalie Peluso, David Vago, Emily Choquette, and Kiana Aran.
Antonio Damasio, Sahib Khalsa and Elizabeth R Koch seated together in laughter on stage in an intimate venue
A real human hand clasping a rubber hand testing on a table
A glorious bright orange and yellow sunset spreading beneath a blanket of grey Spring clouds above Mount Coot-Tha
A half-finished French martini on an outdoor table, with an empty hammock and a pale orange sunset in the distance. What you can't hear are the cacophony of white cockatoos and currawongs in the nearby forest getting ready for their zzzzs in the trees.
A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
The image from "The Shining" imitated by a 'smiling fossil'
Photos of the seven-strong committee for the Brisbane Experimental Psychology Student Initiative
A dystopian cafe with a crowd watching a tv above the cafe bar, their faces in stunned silence
A massive butternut pumpkin longer than a woman's forearm.
Panorama of Cataract Gorge featuring the Main Basin and the chair lift stretching from one side of the gorge to the other, and the suspension bridge in the far distance.
Deutche Grammafone box sets of Wolf and Brahms lieder sung by Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
Golden fireworks exploding over the bay in Hobart, Australia, reflected in the water below
A small bird nest made of mud nestled in the corner of a wooden roof, with two tiny fluffy welcome swallows peeking out from inside.
Image of the actual 'entrance' which is called Lakes Entrance in Victoria, a point where the Gippsland Lakes meet the ocean
Figure from the paper visualising results showing that preference for faces in the FFA survives competition from peripheral stimuli.