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Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin

  1. UniDistance Suisse
  2. Faculty of Psychology
Géraldine Coppin
Associate Professor

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Géraldine Coppin is an Associate Professor since February 2020. She was Assistant Professor in Psychology at UniDistance Suisse from January 2018 till January 2020 before being tenured. She is also responsible of the French-speaking Master in Psychology.

Géraldine Coppin defended her PhD in Psychology in 2012. She did her PhD at the University of Geneva, in a Swiss research centre specialised in the study of affect and emotions. During her PhD, she investigated the flexibility of olfactory preferences.

She was then a postdoc at Yale University (USA) and at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research (Cologne) from 2012 to 2015. She investigated the flexibility of flavor preferences, bringing together the fields of olfaction and gustation.

In 2015, she was appointed Senior Researcher and Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Geneva and continued to pursue these research and teaching activities there till 2020. Additionally, she is a member of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva.

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What do implicit attitudes toward meat and plant-based alternatives really reveal?

A study co-authored by Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin shows that there can be discrepancies between consumers’ self-reported attitudes and…

What do implicit attitudes toward meat and plant-based alternatives really reveal?

Photo de Géraldine Coppin

Article on a new priming technique with odors

Article on a new priming technique with odors

Article on online threat conditioning research published in Biological Psychology

Article on online threat conditioning research published in Biological Psychology

A unique handbook: The Routledge International Handbook of Boredom

The recently published handbook, co-edited by Prof. Dr. Corinna Martarelli, Dr. Maik Bieleke and Prof. Dr. Wanja Wolff, is now…

A unique handbook: The Routledge International Handbook of Boredom

Article on food liking in individuals with obesity published in International Journal of Obesity

Article on food liking in individuals with obesity published in International Journal of Obesity

Research focus

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  • 5. September 2023
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    Prof. Dr. Géraldine Coppin, Fakultät Psychologie

Research projects

Affective mechanisms of reward processing underlying food intake and sedentariness
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Coppin Géraldine
Start: 01.09.2026
Psychology
Affective mechanisms of reward processing underlying food intake and sedentariness
Coppin Géraldine
Approved amount:-
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Start: 01.09.2026
Psychology
Affective and cognitive functioning in relation to food intake
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Coppin Géraldine // Sander David
Status: Completed
Start: 01.05.2021
End: 30.04.2024
Psychology
Affective and cognitive functioning in relation to food intake
// Coppin Géraldine // Sander David
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Status: Completed
Start: 01.05.2021
End: 30.04.2024
Psychology
Exploring the link between emotion and eating
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Coppin Géraldine
Status: Completed
Start: 01.11.2020
End: 31.12.2025
Psychology
Exploring the link between emotion and eating
// Coppin Géraldine
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Status: Completed
Start: 01.11.2020
End: 31.12.2025
Psychology
Reward mechanisms in patients suffering from obesity
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Zoltan Pataky // Coppin Géraldine // Alain Golay // Sander David // David Muñoz Tord
Status: Completed
Start: 01.10.2018
End: 31.12.2021
Psychology
Reward mechanisms in patients suffering from obesity
Zoltan Pataky // Coppin Géraldine // Alain Golay // Sander David // David Muñoz Tord
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Funding scheme: -
Status: Completed
Start: 01.10.2018
End: 31.12.2021
Psychology

Research groups

Food & Human Behavior Lab

Faculty of Psychology

Why dogs prefer zoomies to zoom and what it tells us about the importance of in-person meetings for learning and memory
2024-10 | Cognitive Processing
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01235-8
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Michael L. Onofrio
Journal article
Beyond self-report measures of arousal: A new priming task to capture activation of relaxing and energizing feelings elicited by odors
2024-10 | Food Quality and Preference
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105227
  • Donato Cereghetti
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Christelle Porcherot
  • Isabelle Cayeux
  • David Sander
  • Sylvain Delplanque
Journal article
Food for thought: the enhanced recall of metaphorical food sentences independent of hunger
2024-08 | Cognitive Processing
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01222-z
  • Catherine Audrin
  • Géraldine Coppin
Journal article
Letter to the Editor: Stimulus intensities and sensory modalities constitute two major challenges for online threat conditioning research
2024-07 | Biological Psychology
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108805
  • Yoann Stussi
  • Géraldine Coppin
Journal article
Predictive factors of involuntary weight loss in patients with smell and taste disorders
2023-11 | Rhinology Journal
DOI: 10.4193/rhin23.222
  • D Daskalou
  • J W Hsieh
  • M Hugentobler
  • S Macario
  • R Sipione
  • F Voruz
  • G Coppin
  • J Rimmer
  • B N Landis
Journal article
A randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of liraglutide on self-reported liking and neural responses to food stimuli in participants with obesity
2023-08 | International Journal of Obesity
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-023-01370-w
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • David Muñoz Tord
  • Eva R. Pool
  • Loïc Locatelli
  • Amal Achaibou
  • Asli Erdemli
  • Laura León Pérez
  • Lavinia Wuensch
  • Donato Cereghetti
  • Alain Golay
  • David Sander
  • Zoltan Pataky
Journal article
Reduction in sugar drink valuation and consumption with gamified executive control training
2023-06 | Scientific Reports
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36859-x
  • Hugo Najberg
  • Michael Mouthon
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Lucas Spierer
Journal article
Editorial overview: How do the executive and reward systems interact to determine eating behavior? Current theoretical frameworks and training approaches
2023-06 | Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2023.101278
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Lucas Spierer
Journal article
Interest and Confusion: Contrasting Theoretical Approaches
2022-10 | Swiss Psychology Open
DOI: 10.5334/spo.35
  • Catherine Audrin
  • Géraldine Coppin
Journal article
3D-Printed Pacifier-Shaped Mouthpiece for fMRI-Compatible Gustometers
2021-09 | eneuro
DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0208-21.2021
  • David Munoz Tord
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Eva R. Pool
  • Christophe Mermoud
  • Zoltan Pataky
  • David Sander
  • Sylvain Delplanque
Journal article
Exogenous capture of visual spatial attention by olfactory-trigeminal stimuli
2021-06 | PLOS ONE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252943
  • Matthieu Ischer
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Axel De Marles
  • Myriam Essellier
  • Christelle Porcherot
  • Isabelle Cayeux
  • Christian Margot
  • David Sander
  • Sylvain Delplanque
Journal article
Affect, “wanting” and relevance: Commentary on Lutz et al. (2020)
2021-04 | Addictive Behaviors
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106792
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Eva R. Pool
Journal article
Is knowledge emotion? The subjective emotional responses to wines depend on level of self-reported expertise and sensitivity to key information about the wine
2021-04 | Food Research International
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110192
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Catherine Audrin
  • Claire Monseau
  • Pascale Deneulin
Journal article
COVID-19 Related Chemosensory Changes in Individuals with Self-Reported Obesity
2021-03 | Rhinology
DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.28.21252536
  • Surabhi Bhutani
  • Géraldine Coppin
  • Maria Geraldine Veldhuizen
  • Valentina Parma
  • Paule Valery Joseph
preprint
The COVID-19 may help enlightening how emotional food is
2020-08 | npj Science of Food
DOI: 10.1038/s41538-020-00071-2
  • Géraldine Coppin
Journal article
Diabète sucré : impact des affects sur les compétences d’auto-gestion [Diabetes mellitus: Impact of affects on self-management skills]
2020-06 | Revue Médicale Suisse [Swiss medical Journal]
Journal article
Diabetes mellitus: impact of affects on self-management skills,Diabète sucré: impact des affects sur les compétences d’autogestion
2020-01 | Revue medicale suisse
  • Dos Santos Mamed, M.
  • Castellsague, M.
  • Perrenoud, L.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Gastaldi, G.
Journal article
How does the peak-end rule smell? Tracing hedonic experience with odours
2020-01 | Cognition and Emotion
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1675599
  • Scheibehenne, B.
  • Coppin, G.
Journal article
Money does not stink: Using unpleasant odors as stimulus material changes risky decision making
2020-01 | Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.2178
  • von Helversen, B.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Scheibehenne, B.
Journal article
Measuring automatic associations between relaxing/energizing feelings and odors
2019-01 | Food Quality and Preference
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.04.010
  • Lemercier-Talbot, A.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Cereghetti, D.
  • Porcherot, C.
  • Cayeux, I.
  • Delplanque, S.
Journal article
Circadian anosmia: A rare clinical presentation
2018-01 | Laryngoscope
DOI: 10.1002/lary.27106
  • Landis, B.N.
  • Hsieh, J.W.
  • Coppin, G.
Journal article
Food reward circuitry in obese patients,Circuits de la récompense alimentaire chez les patients obèses
2018-01 | Revue Medicale Suisse
  • Coppin, G.
  • Sander, D.
  • Golay, A.
  • Pataky, Z.
Journal article
From groups to grits: Social identity shapes evaluations of food pleasantness
2018-01 | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.09.007
  • Hackel, L.M.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Wohl, M.J.A.
  • Van Bavel, J.J.
Journal article
Supra-Additive Effects of Combining Fat and Carbohydrate on Food Reward
2018-01 | Cell Metabolism
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.05.018
  • DiFeliceantonio, A.G.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Rigoux, L.
  • Edwin Thanarajah, S.
  • Dagher, A.
  • Tittgemeyer, M.
  • Small, D.M.
Journal article
To what extent memory could contribute to impaired food valuation and choices in obesity?
2018-01 | Frontiers in Psychology
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02523
  • Zhang, Z.
  • Coppin, G.
Journal article
“Dior, J'adore”: The role of contextual information of luxury on emotional responses to perfumes
2018-01 | Food Quality and Preference
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.12.003
  • Baer, T.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Porcherot, C.
  • Cayeux, I.
  • Sander, D.
  • Delplanque, S.
Journal article
Appraising food insecurity
2017-01 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16001370
  • Coppin, G.
Journal article
Odor and Emotion
2017-01 | Springer Handbooks
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26932-0_40
  • Delplanque, S.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Sander, D.
Book
Clarifying the Role of Perception in Intergroup Relations: Origins of Bias, Components of Perception, and Practical Implications
2016-01 | Psychological Inquiry
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2016.1237822
  • Xiao, Y.J.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Van Bavel, J.J.
Journal article
Editorial: Affective Sciences through the Chemical Senses
2016-01 | Frontiers in Psychology
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01590
  • Coppin, G.
  • Parma, V.
  • Pause, B.M.
Journal article
Perceiving the World Through Group-Colored Glasses: A Perceptual Model of Intergroup Relations
2016-01 | Psychological Inquiry
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2016.1199221
  • Xiao, Y.J.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Van Bavel, J.J.
Journal article
Swiss identity smells like chocolate: Social identity shapes olfactory judgments
2016-01 | Scientific Reports
DOI: 10.1038/srep34979
  • Coppin, G.
  • Pool, E.
  • Delplanque, S.
  • Oud, B.
  • Margot, C.
  • Sander, D.
  • Van Bavel, J.J.
Journal article
The anterior medial temporal lobes: Their role in food intake and body weight regulation
2016-01 | Physiology and Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.08.028
  • Coppin, G.
Journal article
Theoretical Approaches to Emotion and Its Measurement
2016-01 | Emotion Measurement
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-100508-8.00001-1
  • Coppin, G.
  • Sander, D.
Book
Is comfort food really comforting? Mechanisms underlying stress-induced eating
2015-01 | Food Research International
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.12.034
  • Pool, E.
  • Delplanque, S.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Sander, D.
Journal article
Sensitivity of physiological emotional measures to odors depends on the product and the pleasantness ranges used
2015-01 | Frontiers in Psychology
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01821
  • Pichon, A.M.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Cayeux, I.
  • Porcherot, C.
  • Sander, D.
  • Delplanque, S.
Journal article
The mere exposure effect depends on an odor's initial pleasantness
2015-01 | Frontiers in Psychology
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00920
  • Delplanque, S.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Bloesch, L.
  • Cayeux, I.
  • Sander, D.
Journal article
Viewing olfactory affective responses through the sniff prism: Effect of perceptual dimensions and age on olfactomotor responses to odors
2015-01 | Frontiers in Psychology
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01776
  • Ferdenzi, C.
  • Fournel, A.
  • Thévenet, M.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Bensafi, M.
Journal article
Choice both affects and reflects preferences
2014-01 | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.863953
  • Coppin, G.
  • Delplanque, S.
  • Bernard, C.
  • Cekic, S.
  • Porcherot, C.
  • Cayeux, I.
  • Sander, D.
Journal article
Unconscious influences of, not just on, decision making
2014-01 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X13000678
  • Coppin, G.
Journal article
Working memory and reward association learning impairments in obesity
2014-01 | Neuropsychologia
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.10.004
  • Coppin, G.
  • Nolan-Poupart, S.
  • Jones-Gotman, M.
  • Small, D.M.
Journal article
Contemporary Theories and Concepts in the Psychology of Emotions
2013-01 | Emotion-Oriented Systems
DOI: 10.1002/9781118601938.ch1
  • Coppin, G.
  • Sander, D.
Book
Extending the study of decision values to cases where options are presented using different sensory modalities
2012-01 | Journal of Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6133-11.2012
  • Oud, B.
  • Coppin, G.
Journal article
The Flexibility of Chemosensory Preferences
2012-01 | Neuroscience of Preference and Choice
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381431-9.00021-8
  • Coppin, G.A.
  • Sander, D.
Book
The importance of actions and the worth of an object: Dissociable neural systems representing core value and economic value
2012-01 | Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr036
  • Brosch, T.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Schwartz, S.
  • Sander, D.
Journal article
When flexibility is stable: Implicit long-term shaping of olfactory preferences
2012-01 | PLoS ONE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037857
  • Coppin, G.
  • Delplanque, S.
  • Porcherot, C.
  • Cayeux, I.
  • Sander, D.
Journal article
Generating value(s): Psychological value hierarchies reflect context-dependent sensitivity of the reward system
2011-01 | Social Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2010.506754
  • Brosch, T.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Scherer, K.R.
  • Schwartz, S.
  • Sander, D.
Journal article
I'm no longer torn after choice: How explicit choices implicitly shape preferences of odors
2010-01 | Psychological Science
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610364115
  • Coppin, G.
  • Delplanque, S.
  • Cayeux, I.
  • Porcherot, C.
  • Sander, D.
Journal article
Sequential Unfolding of Novelty and Pleasantness Appraisals of Odors: Evidence From Facial Electromyography and Autonomic Reactions
2009-01 | Emotion
DOI: 10.1037/a0015369
  • Delplanque, S.
  • Grandjean, D.
  • Chrea, C.
  • Coppin, G.
  • Aymard, L.
  • Cayeux, I.
  • Margot, C.
  • Velazco, M.I.
  • Sander, D.
  • Scherer, K.R.
Journal article

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M16 Sciences affectives et psychologie de la récompense Bachelor of Science in Psychology
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