† indicates co-first authorship; + indicates undergraduate mentee

In preparation

[3] Ortega, J., Whitney, D. (2025).The contextual understanding effect: observers who actively seek out context are more accurate at inferring others emotions

[2] Ortega, J., Whitney, D. (2025). The aperture problem of emotion perception.

[1] †Ren, Z., †Ortega, J., Guo, Y., Yu, S., Whitney, D. (2025). BEAT: Berkeley Emotion and Affect Tracking Dataset

2025

[10] Ortega, J., Murai, Y., Whitney, D. (2025). Integration of affective cues in context-rich and dynamic scenes vary across individuals. Nature Communications (in press)

[9] †Fang, Y.+, †Ortega, J., Gürkan, N., Suchow, J., Yu, S., Whitney, D. (2025). Trustworthiness Perception in the Absence of Any Persons. Heliyon (in press)

[8] Ortega, J., Whitney, D. (2025). Continuous affect tracking reveals that overestimation during the recollection of emotion is idiosyncratic and stable. Journal of Vision (in press)

2024

[7] Ren, Z., Ortega, J., Guo, Y., Yu, S., Whitney, D. (2024). BEAT: Berkeley Emotion and Affect Tracking Dataset. IEEE / CVF Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) Workshop Online | Website | Preprint

[6] †Ren, Z., †Ortega, J., †Wang, Y., Chen, Z., Guo, Y., Yu, S., Whitney, D. (2024). VEATIC: Video-based Emotion and Affect Tracking in Context Dataset. IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision. Online | Website | Preprint

2023

[5] Ortega, J., Chen, Z., Whitney, D.  (2023). Inferential Emotion Tracking reveals impaired context-based emotion processing in individuals with high Autism Quotient scores. Scientific Reports. Online | PDF | Data & Code

[4] Ortega, J., Chen, Z., Whitney, D.  (2023). Serial dependence in emotion perception mirrors the autocorrelations in natural emotion statistics. Journal of Vision.  Online | PDF 

[3] Gomes, B. A., Plaska, C. R., Ortega, J., Ellmore, T. M. (2023). A Simultaneous EEG- fMRI Study of Thalamic Load-Dependent Working Memory Delay Period Activity. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience Online | PDF 

2022

[2] Ortega, J., Plaska, C. R., Gomes, B. A., Ellmore, T. M. (2022). Spontaneous Eye Blink Rate during the Working Memory Delay Period Predicts Task Accuracy. Frontiers In Psychology.  Online | PDF 

[1] Plaska, C. R., Ortega, J., Gomes, B. A., Ellmore, T. M. (2022). Interhemispheric Connectivity Supports Load-Dependent Working Memory Maintenance for Complex Visual Stimuli. Brain Connectivity.  Online | PDF