Rachael Kee

Rachael Kee

PhD candidate studying sleep, media, and dynamic behavioral processes using high-throughput, computational, and neuroscientific methods.

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publications

Does cleft repair restore normal visual scanning and neural processing of infant faces?

Published in PsyArXiv (preprint), 2024

Infant faces are an important cue for facilitating bonding and interactions with adult caregivers. Cues of poor infant health are associated with a lower degree of parental investment and facial malformations, in part...

Kee, R., Jantzen, K., & Hahn, A. (2024). Does cleft repair restore normal visual scanning and neural processing of infant faces? PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/d6whv
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Effects of cleft lip on visual scanning and neural processing of infant faces

Published in PLOS ONE, 2024

Infant faces readily capture adult attention and elicit enhanced neural processing, likely due to their importance evolutionarily in facilitating bonds with caregivers. Facial malformations have been shown to impact e...

Hahn, A. C., Riedelsheimer, J. A., Royer, Z., Frederick, J., Kee, R., Crimmins, R., Huber, B., Harris, D. H., & Jantzen, K. J. (2024). Effects of cleft lip on visual scanning and neural processing of infant faces. PLOS ONE, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300673
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Media neuroscience on a shoestring 2.0: Using AR and mobile EEG hyperscanning to study cooperation

Published in Journal of Media Psychology, 2025

This study introduces ARTgram, an AR adaptation of a validated tangram matching task, aiming to delve into human collaboration within the metaverse. By employing the Muse EEG system, this study also pioneers low-cost ...

Peña, J., Huskey, R., Gong, X., Andrews, M. W., Weisman, W., Kee, R., Klein, V., Sarieva, S., Kang, R., Schmälzle, R., & Hancock, J. T. (2025). Media neuroscience on a shoestring 2.0: Using AR and mobile EEG hyperscanning to study cooperation. Journal of Media Psychology, 37(2). https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000462
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Neurobiology of Flow and Optimal Performance

Published in Performance Neuroscience (Springer Nature), 2025

Kee, R., & Huskey, R. (in press). Neurobiology of Flow and Optimal Performance. In Bigliassi, M., Mannino, M., & Kotler, S. (Eds.), Performance Neuroscience. Berlin, Germany: Springer Nature.

A Complexity-Science Framework for Studying Flow: Using Media to Probe Brain–Phenomenology Dynamics

Published in bioRxiv (preprint), 2025

Consciousness spans a range of phenomenological experiences, from effortless immersion to disengaged monotony, yet how such phenomenology emerges from brain activity is not well understood. Flow, a phenomenological ex...

Hancock, F., Kee, R., Rosas, F., Girn, M., Kotler, S., Mannino, M., & Huskey, R. (2025). A Complexity-Science Framework for Studying Flow: Using Media to Probe Brain–Phenomenology Dynamics. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.11.664430
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Beyond the Laboratory: Introducing High-Throughput Communication Science

Published in MediArXiv (preprint), 2026

To examine causal mechanisms specified by theory, communication researchers draw on a diverse methodological toolkit (e.g., surveys, experiments, computational methods). These tools, however, are often implemented in ...

Kee, R., & Huskey, R. (2026). Beyond the Laboratory: Introducing High-Throughput Communication Science. MediArXiv. https://doi.org/10.33767/osf.io/gtqw2_v1
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talks

Communication Department Alumni Panel

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Invited panelist discussing post-graduate pathways, doctoral training, and career development with current communication students.

teaching

Teaching Assistant & Communication Tutor, Cal Poly Humboldt

Teaching Assistant, California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt, 2021

PSYC 321: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience (Spring 2021) PSYC 100: Psychology of Critical Thinking (Spring 2020) Communication Wizard / Department Peer-Tutor (Fall 2020 – Spring 2021)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cal Poly Humboldt

Graduate Teaching Assistant, California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt, 2022

PSYC 323: Sensation and Perception (Summer 2022) PSYC 321: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience (Fall 2022) PSYC 241: Introduction to Psychological Statistics (Fall 2022)

CMN 001: Introduction to Public Speaking

Instructor of Record, University of California, Davis, 2024

Summer Session I & II 2024. Also served as Graduate Teaching Assistant: Spring 2025/2024, Winter 2024, Fall 2023.