Camille Rioux

Postdoctoral Researcher

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How do we learn what to eat and what shapes our food behaviors? My research investigates this broad question. Notably, I study how infants and young children learn what is edible and what is not, both individually and with the help of others (for instance their caregivers). I use methods from developmental psychology to neuroscience to examine these questions across the entire lifespan.

Ongoing project

Vicarious Social Touch perception in infants

The aim of this project is to investigate the physiological, behavioural and neural responses of infants to social-tactile interactions.

Project team lead
Project team lead

Olivier Mascaro


Project team lead
Project team lead

Louise Krisch

FoundTrust: The neurocognitive bases of epistemic trust

The willingness to believe communicated information (or epistemic trust) plays a central role in human cognitive development. The aim of this project is to characterize its development in the first years of life.

Project team lead
Project team lead

Olivier Mascaro

Selected Publications

– Coricelli. C., Rumiati, R. I., & Rioux, C. (2022). Implicit and explicit safety evaluation of foods: The importance of food processing. Appetite, 175, 106062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106062

 Rioux, C., & Wertz, A. E. (2021). Plant food avoidance in Infancy. Developmental Psychology, 57(5), 609–624. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001146

 Rioux, C. (2019). Food neophobia in childhood. In H. L. Meiselman (Ed), Handbook of eating and drinking: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 1-20). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14504-0_159

 Rioux, C., Lafraire, J., & Picard, D. (2018). Visual exposure and categorization performance positively influence 3- to 6-year-old children’s willingness to taste unfamiliar vegetables. Appetite, 120, 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.08.016

 Rioux, C., Picard, D., & Lafraire, J. (2016). Food rejection and the development of food categorization in young children. Cognitive Development, 40, 163-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.09.003