Nathalie Goubet
Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: (717) 337-6177; Fax: (717) 337-6172
Email: [email protected]
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PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
My research interests focus on the sense of olfaction as a window to cognition and emotion.
Within this general theme, my work explores the development of cross-modal associations,
olfactory memory, and children’s understanding of disgust.
EMPLOYMENT
Fall 2016:
Invited Professor. Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon. Université
Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
2015 – present:
Professor. Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College
2008- 2015:
Associate Professor. Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College
Summer 2012:
Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Taste and Feeding Behavior, Dijon,
France
2009-2010:
Visiting Research Fellow. Center for Taste and Feeding Behavior, Dijon,
France
2005- 2007:
Assistant Professor. Department of Psychology, Gettysburg
College
2001- 2005:
Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College
2000-2001:
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Department of Psychology, Gettysburg
College
1998-2001:
Research Associate. University of Geneva, Switzerland. Co-PI on a grant from
the Swiss National Research Fund (Fonds National de la Recherche
Scientifique Suisse)
Summer 1998:
Instructor. Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
1995-1997:
Research Associate. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Co-PI on a March
of Dimes grant.
*Gettysburg College student or alumn
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EDUCATION
1998 Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
Massachusetts
1995 M.S.
Developmental Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
Massachusetts
1992 B.A.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts, Psychology
Cum Laude
1986
R.N. Diplôme National d’Infirmière, Ecole d’infirmières St Joseph, Lyon,
France
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Goubet, N. & Rattaz, C. (2016). Il était une fois… l'histoire d'une collaboration scientifique avec
André Bullinger autour de l'olfaction et de la douleur chez le bébé. Enfance, 4, 489-500.
Durand, K., Baudouin, J-Y., Lewkowicz, D. J., Goubet, N., & Schaal, B. (2013). Eye
-catching odors: Familiar odors promote attention and sustained gazing to faces and
eyes in 4 month-old infants. PLoS One, 8, e70677.
Goubet, N., McCall, D., Ducz*, J., & Bingham*, M. (2013). Semantic context facilitates
odor identification in children and adults. Developmental Psychobiology, 56, 592
-598.
O’Sullivan, L. P., Goubet, N., & Berthier, N. E. (2012). L'atteinte de l’objet chez
l’enfant né prematuré [Reaching for objects in prematurely born infants]. Enfance, 64, 25–
34.
Schaal, B. & Goubet, N. (2010). Le fœtus perçoit les odeurs et s’en souvient :
La formation d’attentes sensorielles et ses implications. [Fetuses perceive odors and
remember them: Development and implications of sensory expectations] Médecine et
Enfance, 30, 20-34.
Goubet, N., Strasbaugh*, K. D., Chesney*, J. L. (2007). Familiarity breeds
content? Soothing effect of a familiar odor in full-term newborns. Journal of
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 28(3), 1-6.
*Gettysburg College student or alumn
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Sizun, J., Pierrat, V., Goubet, N., & Peifer, K. (2007). Recherche clinique, soins de
développement, et NIDCAP : aspects méthodologiques spécifiques. [Clinical research,
developmental care and NIDCAP: Methodological aspects]. Archives de Pédiatrie, 14, 5457.
Pierrat, V., Goubet, N., Peifer, K., & Sizun, J. (2007). How can we evaluate developmental care
practices prior to their implementation in a neonatal intensive care unit? Early Human
Development, 83(7), 415-418.
Goubet, N., Rochat, P., Maire-Leblond, C., & Posse, S. (2006). Learning from others in 9-18
month-old infants. Infant and Child Development, 15, 161-177.
Rattaz, C., Goubet, N., & Bullinger, A. (2005). The calming effect of a familiar odor
in full term newborns. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 26(2), 1-7.
Goubet, N. (2004). L’olfaction chez le bébé : Un premier « regard » sur le monde. [Olfaction in
babies: A first « look » at the world]. Voir, 28-29, 118-125.
Goubet, N., Rattaz, C., Pierrat, V., Bullinger, A., & Lequien, P. (2003). Olfactory
experience mediates response to pain in preterm newborns. Developmental Psychobiology,
42(2), 171-180.
Goubet, N., Rattaz, C., Pierrat, V., Allémann, E., Bullinger, A., & Lequien, P.
(2002). Olfactory familiarization and discrimination in preterm and full-term newborns.
Infancy, 3(1), 53-76.
Goubet, N., Clifton, R., & Shah, B. (2001). Learning about pain in premature newborns. Journal
of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 22(6), 1-7.
McCarty, M. E., Clifton, R., K., Ashmead, D. H., Lee, P., & Goubet, N. (2001). How
infants use vision for grasping objects. Child Development, 72(4), 973-987.
Rochat, P., & Goubet, N. (2000). Connaissance implicite du corps au début de la
vie. [Implicit knowledge of the body in early infancy]. Enfance, 3, 275-285.
Goubet, N., Pierrat, V., & Rattaz, C. (2000). La douleur chez le nouveau-né :
connaissances actuelles, difficultés et obstacles liés à sa prise en charge. [Pain in
newborns: current knowledge, difficulties and obstacles to its treatment]. Ethica Clinica,
septembre, 24-28.
Rochat, P., Goubet, N., & Senders, S (1999). To reach or not to reach : perception
of body effectivities by young infants. Infant and Child Development, 8, 129-148.
*Gettysburg College student or alumn
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Bullinger, A., & Goubet, N. (1999). Le bébé prématuré, acteur de son
développement. [The premature infant, an actor in development]. Enfance, 1, 27-32.
Goubet, N., & Clifton, R. K. (1998). Object and event representation in 6½-month
-old infants. Developmental Psychology, 34(1), 63-76.
Rochat, P., Goubet, N., & Shah, B. (1997). Enhanced sucking engagement by
preterm infants during intermittent gavage feedings. Journal of Developmental and
Behavioral Pediatrics, 18 (1), 22-26.
Rochat, P., & Goubet, N. (1995). Development of sitting and reaching in 5-to 6
-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 18 (1), 53-68.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Goubet, N. (2014). La douleur chez le nouveau-né à terme et prématuré [Pain in term and
preterm neonates]. In I. Abramson (Ed.). Questions actuelles sur l’organisation
normale et pathologique du nourisson. Cahiers de l'Infantile, 9, 141-156.
Schaal, B., Goubet, N., & Delaunay-El Allam (2011). Concordances et
discordances entre sensorialité et écologie néonatales : attentes sensorielles
et réponses adaptatives chez l'enfant prématuré [Agreement and discordance between
sensory development and neonatal ecology : Sensory expectations and adaptation in the
premature child.] in D. Mellier (Ed.). Le Développement du Nouveau-né Prématuré. Solal,
Marseille, France.
Pierrat, V., Goubet, N., Rattaz, C., & Debillon, T, Frank, L. (2005). Non
pharmacological pain control in neonates. In J. Browne & J. Sizun (Eds.), Research on
early developmental care for preterm neonates (pp. 67-74). John Libbey Eurotext.
McCall, D. & Goubet, N. (2002) Conduites de recherche et invariants conceptuels:
Représentation, mémorisation et coordination moyen-but. [Search behavior and
conceptual invariants. Representation, memory, and means-ends coordination]. In H. Bloch
(Ed.). Action et Connaissance: Leurs débuts et leur développement chez le bébé. Traité de
science cognitive (pp. 185-210). Sciences, Paris: Hermes Science. [Action and knowledge :
their beginning and development in infants]
IN PREPARATION
Goubet, N., Durand, K., McCall, D. D., & Schaal, B. Seeing odors in color: cross-modal
associations in 5- to 10-year-old children and adults from contrasted cultural
environments.
Goubet, N., Andresen*, E., Mason*, K., Kowker*, A., & McCall, D. How round does that
smell? Odor-shape cross-modal associations in elementary school children and adults.
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POSTERS
Goubet, N., Mason*, K., Nynas*, O., Kowker*, A., & McCall, D. (2016). Odor-Shape Cross
-Modal Associations: A Developmental Trajectory. Poster to be presented at the 38th
annual meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Senses in Bonita Springs (Fort
Myers), Florida, April 20-23.
Goubet, N., McCall, D., Durand, K., Mason*, K., Kowker*, A., & Schaal, B. (2015, May). Odor
-Color Cross-Modal Associations in American Adults. Poster presented at the Association
for Psychological Science, New York.
Goubet, N., Leeds*, S., & Mason*, K. (2015, April). Odor presence negatively affects facial
expression recognition in 5 and 9 year old children. Poster presented at the Biennial
Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Andresen*, E., Goubet, N., & McCall, D. D. (2015, April). How round does that smell? Odor
-shape cross-modal associations in elementary school children.Poster presented at the
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Goubet, N., McCall, D., Durand, K., & Schaal, B. (2014, September). Seeing odors in color:
cross-modal associations in 5- to 10-year-old children from two cultures. Poster presented at
the XXIVth International Conference of European Chemoreception Research Organization
(ECRO), Dijon, France.
Hare*, B. N., Waage*, S., Weinbrom*, A. A., Goubet, N., & McCall, D. D. (2014, March).
Cross-modal associations between odors, colors, and abstract visual forms. Poster
presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual meeting, Boston, MA.
Durand, K., Goubet, N. McCall, D., & Schaal, B. (2013, October). Cross-modal associations
between odors and colors in 5 to 10 year old children. Poster presented at the 16th
European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Durand, K., Goubet, N. McCall, D., & Schaal, B. (2013, April). Seeing odors in color: cross
-modal associations in 5- to 10-year-old children. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of
the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Ducz*, J., & Goubet, N. (2012, June). Olfaction-pain interactions: a familiar odor enhances
pain tolerance. Poster presented at the XVI International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste
(ISOT), Stockholm, Sweden.
* Gettysburg College student or alumn
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Willis*, D. & Goubet, N. (2011, November). Recognition of facial expressions in 5 to 9 year old
children. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for
Developmental Psychobiology, Washington DC.
Shupe*, E. & Goubet, N. (2011, November). The effect of olfactory context on 3rd graders’
memory. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for
Developmental Psychobiology, Washington DC.
Durand, K. Baudouin, J-Y., Goubet, N., Lewkowicz, D., Monnot, J., Martin, S. & Schaal, B.
(2011, November). Olfactory modulation of visual behavior in 4 month-old infants: maternal
odor affects visual exploration and enhances preference for mothers' face. Poster presented at
the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology,
Washington DC.
McCall, D. D., Goubet, N., Engelman*, J., & Willis*, D. (2011, May). “Round” vanilla
and “pointed” grapefruit: cross-modal associations between odors/flavors and abstract
shapes. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society,
Washington, DC.
Eberly*, M., Goubet, N., Ducz*, J., & McCall, D. (2009, April). The effect of semantic cues on
odor identification in children and adults. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
Goubet, N., & Cain, K. M. (2007, March). Theory of mind, bilingualism, and cultural
differences in family interactions in low income children. Poster presented at the Biennial
Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
Cain, K., Goubet, N., & Birch, S. (2006, June). Theory of mind and family environment:
developing a richer model. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International
Society for Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
Mulrane*, K., Marsh*, L., & Goubet, N. (2006, May) Negative mood induction in preschoolers
enhances memory for emotional events. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological
Science, New York.
Hart*, J. & Goubet, N. (2005, April). The tower of Hanoi as a test of the "bilingual advantage":
a comparison of bilingual and monolingual children. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting
of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta.
Cain, K. & Goubet, N. (2005, April). Theory of mind in low- and middle-income children: the
role of family environment. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Atlanta.
* Gettysburg College student or alumn
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Arterberry M. & Goubet, N. (2005, April). Teaching Developmental Psychology
through Literature and Film. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development.
Goubet, N., & Rattaz, C. (2004, September). Familiarity breeds content: effects of familiar odors
on pain responses in term and preterm newborns. Poster presented at the Meeting of the
European Chemoreception Research Organization, Dijon, France.
Goubet, N., Hart*, J., Rochat, P., & Poss, S. (2004, April). Means-end problem solving in 9- to
18-month old infants. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for
Infant Studies, Chicago.
Rochat, P., Goubet, N. Leblond, C. (2002, April). Attention to social partners in 9-18 month-old
infants. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Infant
Studies, Toronto, Canada.
Goubet, N., Rochat, P., Leblond, C., & Poss, S. (2001, April). Emerging collaborative stance by
9-18 month-old infants. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research
in Child Development, Minneapolis.
Rattaz, C., Goubet, N., & Bullinger, A. (2001, April). The calming effect of a familiar odor
following a painful procedure in the newborn. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis.
Goubet, N., Rattaz, C., & Bullinger, A. (2000, July). Olfactory discrimination in premature
newborns. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Infant
Studies, Brighton, UK.
Goubet, N. (1999, April). Effects of repeated heelsticks on premature newborns. Poster presented
at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque.
Goubet, N., & R. K. Clifton. (1996, April). Object and event representation in 6½-month-old
infants. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Infant
Studies, Providence.
Goubet, N., & Clifton, R. K. (1994, June). Search for a silent object. Poster presented at the
Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Infant Studies, Paris, France.
Rochat, P., Goubet, N., & Shah, B. (1993, April). Is there a role for non-nutritive sucking during
intermittent gavage feeding? Poster presentation at the Pediatric Research Meeting,
Washington.
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Rochat, P., & Goubet, N. (1993, March). Determinants of perceived reachability in infancy.
Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, New Orleans.
INVITED TALKS
June 2010 : Center for Taste and Feeding Behavior, Dijon, France
January 2010: University of Caen, Caen, France.
August 2009: Meeting of the International Ethological Society, Rennes, France.
October 2008: Gettysburg College.
March 2008: Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Vancouver,
Canada.
January 2008: Psychology Department at Gettysburg College.
March 2006: Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA.
November 2005: Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, DC.
April 2005: Psychology Department, Dickinson College, Carlisle.
June 2004: Alumni Association of Gettysburg College.
September 2003: Faculty Luncheon, Gettysburg College.
April 2001: Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis.
June 2000: Centre d'Action Médico-Sociale Précoce, Besançon, France.
May 2000: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital, Lausanne,
Lausanne, Switzerland.
May 1999: Department of Psychology, University of Grenoble, France.
October 1999: Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College.
November 1995: New England Mini Conference on Infant Studies, University of Connecticut,
Storrs.
GRANT SUPPORT
2016:
2014
2012
2009
2009
2007
Gettysburg College Research and Professional Development Grant ($2,271). "The
role of olfaction in the expression of disgust: Developmental and cultural
perspectives".
Gettysburg College Research and Professional Development Grant ($2,106).
“Olfaction, emotion, and cognition in elementary-school children and adults from
two cultures”.
Gettysburg College Research and Professional Development Grant ($3,600). CoPI with Prof. D. McCall. “The development of olfactory associations in school
aged children”.
Presidential Research Fellowship ($10, 000). “Olfactory memory in infancy: A
bias toward familiarity?”
Mellon grant “New Task New Tools” ($6, 000). Sabbatical leave in Dijon,
France.
Gettysburg College Research and Professional Development Grant ($1,750). CoPI with Prof. K. Cain. “Family contributions to theory of mind in bilingual
preschoolers”.
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2007
2004
2004
2001
1998-2001
1995-1997
Gettysburg College Research and Professional Development Grant ($1,750). PI.
“Developing a grant on premature newborns’ perceptual and cognitive
development”.
Gettysburg College Research and Professional Development Grant ($2,656). CoPI with Prof. K. Cain. “Theory of mind in low- and middle-income children: The
roles of language and family environment.”
Gettysburg College Research and Professional Development Grant
($1,170). PI. “The effects of familiar odors on pain responses in full-term
newborns”.
Gettysburg College Research and Professional Development Grant ($800). PI.
“Olfactory learning in preterm newborns”.
Swiss National Research Fund, grant # 11-52573.97 ($242,264). Co-PI.
“Olfactory responsiveness in preterm infants.”
March of Dimes grant # 5-21778 ($36,497). Co-PI. “Contingency learning
and retention in preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.”
GRANTS SUBMITTED OR NOT AWARDED
2016
2011
2010
2010
2008
2007
Sherman-Fairchild grant submitted (D. McCall, K. Wilson, N. Goubet).
NSF-TUES grant. Co-PIs Profs. D. McCall, S. Siviy, K. Wilson.
NIH grant.
French foundation APICIL (co PI M. Delaunay-El Allam, U. Caen, France).
Cattell Sabbatical Award. Runner up.
Spencer grant (Co PI B. Thompson, University of Southern Main).
GOVERNANCE
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Appointed by the Provost to be on the Distinction committee as part of the Strategic Plan
for the college (Fall 2016).
Appointed by the Provost to the ad-hoc committee to review criteria for promotion to full
professor, December 2014-present.
Co-organized event for Campaign kick-off day, Activities of the Odor and Taste lab,
September 2014.
Co-chair of the Faculty Personnel Committee (2013-2014).
Member of Faculty Personnel Committee (2011- 2014).
Departmental search committee: cultural psychology position (2013), clinical psychology
position (2011), social psychology position (2009).
Departmental Honors Research coordinator (2008-2009; 2010-spring 2013).
Departmental Internship coordinator (2008-2009; 2009-spring 2013).
Departmental library coordinator (2007-2008).
Member Teaching Education Committee (2005-2008).
Departmental colloquium organizer (2004-2007).
Member Student Conduct Review Committee (2002-2007).
Member Faculty Development Committee (Spring 2006).
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
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Peer reviewer for articles in Pediatrics, Breastfeeding Medicine, Infant and Child
Development, Pain, Acta Paediatrica, Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental
Psychology, Infant Behavior and Development, Child Development, Archives of
Diseases in Childhood.
Poster reviewer for the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child
Development (Fall 2014).
External reviewer for a tenure case, University of Pittsburg at Greensburg (Fall 2012).
Grant reviewer for National Science Foundation (2010).
Service to the International community: Committee member on a Master’s thesis, Center
for Taste and Feeding Behavior, Dijon, France (2012); Member on a Dissertation (Ph.D.)
committee, Center for Taste and Feeding Behavior, Dijon, France (2007).
Panel reviewer for the Society for Research in Child Development (Fall 2006)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Chemoreception Senses
Society for Research and Child Development
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