Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin

Associate Professor

Géraldine Coppin is an Professor since February 2020. She was Assistant Professor in Psychology at UniDistance Suisse from January 2018 till January 2020 before being tenured.

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Curriculum vitae

Géraldine Coppin defended her PhD in Psychology in 2012. She did her PhD at the University of Geneva. 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, Germany) 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.

News

Psychology

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 their implicit attitudes.

Psychology

Article on a new priming technique with odors

Psychology

Article on online threat conditioning research published in Biological Psychology

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 available.

Psychology UniDistance Suisse

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

Research focus

Media interventions

5. September 2023
Artikel im «Blick»: So funktioniert die Schlank-Spritze
Prof. Dr. Géraldine Coppin, Fakultät Psychologie

Research projects

Affective mechanisms of reward processing underlying food intake and sedentariness

Status: Ongoing Start: 01.09.2026

Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin Msc Théo Vernede

Obesity and cognitive functions in adults: exploring the mediating role of circadian rhythms

Status: Ongoing Start: 01.02.2026

Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin Msc Marie-Sarah Didier

Functional MRI study of inhibitory control training effects on food wanting across BMI

Status: Ongoing Start: 01.01.2026 End: 31.12.2027

Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin PhD Loïc Chareyron

Psychology

Reward mechanisms in individuals with obesity

Status: Completed Start: 01.10.2018 End: 31.12.2021

Zoltan Pataky Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin Alain Golay Prof. Dr David Sander

Exploring the links between emotions and eating

Status: Completed Start: 01.11.2020 End: 31.12.2025

Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin Dr Larisa Olteanu

Affective and cognitive functioning in relation to food intake

Status: Completed Start: 01.05.2020 End: 30.04.2024

Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin Prof. Dr David Sander Jeanne Richard

Research groups

Food & Human Behavior Lab

Faculty of Psychology

When consumers say one thing but do another: Consumer segmentation by implicit and explicit attitudes toward meat and plant-based alternatives

2025-12 | Food Quality and Preference

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105653

Donato Cereghetti
Géraldine Coppin
Isabelle Cayeux
Kathrin Ohla
Carlos Gomez-Corona
Evelyne Vigneau

Journal article

The perception of gender in two allegedly sex-specific body odor compounds MSH and HMHA.

2025-11 | Scientific reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-26457-4

Ferdenzi C
Coppin G
Bousquet C
Delplanque S

Journal article

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

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

Teaching

M16	Affective sciences and the psychology of reward Bachelor of Science in Psychology
PSY1	Cognition & Emotion Master of Science in Psychology
SAE2	Health education Master of Science in Psychology
M08	Practical work in experimental methods Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Functions at UniDistance Suisse

Faculty of Psychology

Associate Professor

Food & Human Behavior Lab

Associate Professor

Faculty Council of the Faculty of Psychology

Associate Professor

LGQM

Representative for professors

Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin

Documents

Links

Research focus

Media interventions

Research projects

Food & Human Behavior Lab

Teaching

Functions at UniDistance Suisse

Faculty of Psychology

Food & Human Behavior Lab

Faculty Council of the Faculty of Psychology

LGQM